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Crichtons 

Phono-Syllabic Method 


Not a new system 
But a new and perfectly original 
method of teaching 


Pitmanic Shorthand 


Presenting a greatly simplified vowel scheme 
together with an original method of 
word analysis and syllabication 




by 


Eugene C. Crichton 


For more than twenty-five years a successful teacher 
of Pitmanic Shorthand, and Principal Short¬ 
hand Department of Crichton-Shu- 
maker Business College 
Atlanta 








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Entered According to the Act of Congress, 
in the Year 1917 

BY */ 

EUGENE C. CRICHTON 

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 



M -4 1917 



PREFACE 


This volume is placed before the public in the hope that 
it may he the instrument which will illumine some of the dark 
places in the science of phonography, and make lighter the 
burden of the student who is earnestly striving to master the 
beautiful and useful art. If, in this, the author is successful, 
he will have fulfilled his highest ambition, and his hope is that 
he may be classed among those whose efforts have not been in 
vain, and that mankind may he benefited by his earnest and 
sincere endeavor. 

Eugene C. Crichton. 

Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 16, 1917. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS 


Preface. 3 

The Argument.5 

Shorthand Alphabet. 7 

Manner of Writing Consonant Stems.7 

Special Signs for u, oi, ow, aw.9 

Joining Consonant Stems.10 

Long and Short Vowels.11 

Written Vowels.11 

S-Circle.13 

Stem Sign for S or Z.15 

Small Loop for ST or ZD.16 

Large Circle for Ses or Sez.18 

General Rule for the Use of L, R, and SH.19 

Explicit Rules for the Use of LR and SH.20 

L and R Hooks.22 

Large Hook for “W”.27 

Final Hooks.29 

When F, V and R Hook is Not Written.30 

Shun-Hook.32 

Large Hook for the Syllables Ter, Ther and Dher . . 33* 

Lengthening.34 

Shortening Principle.36 

Syllabication of Shortened Stems.38 

Abbreviated Outlines.41 

Initial Vowels.. . 43 

Prefixes.45 

Suffixes.47 

Phrasing.49 

Lesson I to XV.53-67 

Word Signs.68 

Imaginary Letter.72, 90 

Business Phrases.75, 92 

Business Letters.80,97 

Declaration of Independence.86,104 

Word and Sign Dictionary.108 

































THE ARGUMENT 

The great school of shorthand, known as Pitmanic, is by no 
means the product of a single brain. It has been slowly devel¬ 
oped and brought to its present state of perfection through many 
years of actual use, and to-day represents the foundation of pho¬ 
nography as written by the foremost stenographers and court 
reporters of the English-speaking world. Such brilliant intel¬ 
lects as Isaac Pitman, Benn Pitman, Munson, Graham, Longley, 
Marsh, Dement, and hundreds of other earnest and well-informed 
experts, have each contributed his part toward making Pitmanic 
shorthand the most perfect and practical method of recording 
rapid speech, ever devised. 

The consonantal outlines of Pitmanic shorthand are practically 
the same to-day as they were fifty years ago. They have not been 
changed,—'they will not be changed,—because they are logically 
and scientifically correct. It has been demonstrated that they 
are absolutely and thoroughly efficient for the most intricate and 
complicated verbatim reporting. There are many fundamental 
principles, which time and experience have never changed. The 
notes and bars of music, by which musical sounds are recorded, 
are to-day just as they were more than a hundred years ago. 
The Morse alphabet for telegraphing has never been changed. 
The principle of the adding machine will never change, nor will 
that of the typewriter, the phonograph or the telephone, be¬ 
cause they were all correct at first. 

Many years have passed since any really original and import¬ 
ant development has been made in the teaching and application 
of Pitmanic shorthand. Unfortunately, the same general method 
has been followed by all authorities on the subject for more than 
fifty years. That as beautiful and perfect a system of recording 
rapid speech as Pitmanic shorthand, should have suffered because 
of a lack of development and improvement in its method of 
teaching and application, is indeed to be regretted. 


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One of the greatest obstacles encountered by the student of 
orthodox Pitmanic shorthand, as thousands will testify, is the 
extremely unsuggestive vowel arrangement, together with an utter 
lack of logical and well-defined method of word analysis and syl¬ 
labication. This is, indeed, a grievous fault and is unquestion¬ 
ably responsible for innumerable failures. Take for example the 
w r ord press. The unvowelized shorthand outline for this word 
contains the consonants p-r-s. The accented vowel, which is read 
somewhere in connection with these consonants is either a, e, o, 
or u, but it is impossible for the student to determine where the 
vowel is, or whether there are other vowels in the word. The 
untrained mind sees only pers, or pe-er-es “in the second posi¬ 
tion,” and to him it would mean with equal certainty either 
praise, prose, uppers, oppress, press, or appraise. It is exceed¬ 
ingly difficult for the average student to understand that “ems- 
jay,” “in the second position,” means message; that “re-gay” 
means rag; that “sen-kay” means snalce; that “en-ef” means 
knife; etc., etc. 

Crichton’s Phono-Syllabic METHOD, while adhering to the 
consonantal outlines of the most approved Pitmanic systems, pre¬ 
sents a definite and intelligent vowel scheme, together with an 
original method of syllabication, so suggestive of the word that 
the dullest student is at once able to grasp the correct pronun¬ 
ciation. No distinction is made in practical writing between 
long and short vowels. When no vowel is implied or written 
short “e” is always understood. 

For example, the shorthand outline for the word press, is 
spelled pres. The outline for rag is spelled out rag. The 
outline for riches is syllabized ri-ches. Soberly is syllabized 
so-ber-ly, etc., etc. 

The student is taught to write and read unvocalized shorthand 
the day he begins the study. The dots and dashes which have 
been the “thorn in the flesh” of all teachers of Pitmanic short¬ 
hand, for more than fifty years, have practically disappeared. 
The subject has been simplified and made easy and the student 
becomes enthusiastic and interested from the beginning. 

The author is indebted to many of the most prominent sten¬ 
ographers and court reporters of this city and state for their 
hearty endorsement and support; to the loyal and enthusiastic 
co-operation of the thousands of students he has educated, who 
are to-day proclaiming the merits of his Phono-Syllabic METHOD 
of teaching Pitmanic shorthand. 














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Consonantal 

SHORTHAND ALPHABET. 


\ p 

\ B 

T 

| D / CH 

f: 

K 

-- G Vf 

^ V ( TH 

( DH 

) s 

) Z 

1 SH 

_VzH /- \ M 

N 

V NG 

L ^ 

\ R 

R W 

rv 


named eR named Re 


MANNER OF WRITING CONSONANT STEMS. 

1. The shorthand character, representing a consonant is called a 
Stem, or a Consonant Stem. 

2. Upright stems, namely W I I // W C 


are written Downward. Horizontal stems, namely — 
are written from Left to Eight. 


3. When S is the only stem in a word it is always written Up¬ 
ward, and is called Le. The sign, /^for R, is more slanting than 
/CH, is Always written Upward, and is called Re. The sign, 
for R, is Always written Downward, and is called eR. The 
sign, S for H, is written Upward. The sign, ( DH, is written 
for the heavy sound of “th” as heard in the words thy, they, though, 
etc. The sign (TH is written for the light sound of “th” as heard 
in the words thigh, theme, etc. 


4. In shorthand, unsounded vowels, and unsounded consonants are 
Never written. Thus b a is written for bay; d h a is written for 
they; te is written for tea; m i is written for my; nu is written for 
knew or new, etc. 




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Manner of Implying Vowels. 

5. Except in rare instances vowels are not written, but are Im¬ 
bued by writing the consonant stem Above, On, Through or Under 
the line. 


6. When a consonant is immediately followed by a, the stem sign 
for this consonant is written Above the line. This is called the 
“a” position. 

1 \ \ ^ _ s~ 

Ex. >.... p a, pay. b a, bay .. m a, may ..g a, gay .1 a, lay. 

s a, say. a, ray. 


7. When a consonant is immediately followed by e, the stem sign 
for this consonant is written On the line. This is called the “e” 
position. 

Ex. L we. me. k e, hey. X- s e, see. Note. — K, 

——(3, ✓'^nM, N, and r\H are written slightly Above the line 
when in the “e” position. 


8. When a consonant is immediately followed by i, the stem sign 
for this consonant is written Through the line. This is called 
the “i” position. 

Ex. p i, pie. \^ b i, buy or by. _|.. d i, die. s i, sigh m i, my. 

9. When a consonant is immediately followed by o, the stem sign 
for this consonant is written Under the line. This is called the 
“o” position. 


show r o, 


Ex. y so. go. 1 o, low. .^-^f o, foe. yy... sh o, 
oe, o, bow. 

Note. Proper names are indicated by underscoring, thus May. 


Translate Par. 6, 7, 8, 9, Lesson 1. Shorthand Lessons commence 
on Page* 53 Translate Review words. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully .paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 6. pay-pa, may-ma, bay-ba, day-da, jay-j a, say,-s a, 
they-d h a, way-w a, ray-ra. 

Par. 7. tea-t e, me, see-s e, we, key-k e, knee-n e, be, fee-f e. 

Par. 8. buy-b i, my-m i, pie-p i, tie-t i, sigh-s i, lie-1 i, die-d i. 

Par. 9. know-no, so, toe-t o, woe-w o, show-sh o, low-1 o, Joe-J o. 

Review, may, we, see, they, bay, pie, say, tea, my, say, sigh, no, way. 







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Special signs for U, OI or OY, OW and AW. 

u or n U. < oi or oy. l. ow. .- aw. 

10. When either of the foregoing signs is to the Left of an up¬ 
right stem, or Above a horizontal stem (see Par. 2), it is read 
before the stem. When the sign is to the Eight of an upright 
stem, or Under a horizontal stem, it is read after the stem. See 
examples Par. 12, 13, 14, 15. 

11. The foregoing signs may be joined to the stem or disjoined. 
If joined at the Beginning of the stem, the sign is read First. 
If joined at the End of the stem, it is read After the stem. 


12. The several sounds of u, as in tub and tube, oo in foot and 
food, are all written with the sign for u. The stem is invariably 
placed in the “e” position. The sign may be written perfectly up¬ 
right, thus ,on , or may be slanting, thus t/v. or > 

n u, new, lcnewyK. ..\>_ p u, pew. -<^...* 1 ^. s h u, shoe. 

jfc....k d u, duej4...Jt... c h u, chewy\..^\up. 


13. oi or oy, as heard in the words boy, toy, joy, oil, etc., is written 
with the sign, < . The stem is placed in the “i” position. 

Ex.\ \^Jboy. .p 1. toy. ./1.I/. joy.oil. 

Translate Par. 12 and 13, Lesson 1. ** 


14. ow, as heard in the words, cow, now, vow, our, etc., is written 


with the sign, 
Ex. 


The stem is placed in the “o” position. 


.owl. 


Jkow, cow. ^..y^ow.'^^^row.^....^. out. ......— 

15. When a has the sound of aw, as in all, law, jaw, saw, awed, 


.etc., it is written with the sign, 
position. ^ 

Ex. _..™. law. ...... saw . paw. 

Translate Par. 14 and 15, Lesson 1. 


„..., jaw 


The stem is placed in the “a” 

l 


awed . all, awl. 

Translate Eeview words. 


Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 12. few-f u, pew-p u, shoe-s h u, knew-nu, us, Sue-S u. 
Par. 13. toy, boy, oil, joy. 

Par. 14. now, vow, owl, out. 

Par. 15. saw, raw, all. 

Eeview. we, know, she, may, see, me, go, boy, toy, cow, row, $aw% 
law, rue, knew. 













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JOINING CONSONANT STEMS. 

16. Consonant stems are joined without lifting the pen. The 
Second begins where the First ends; the third begins where the 
second ends, etc. 


17. When a word is composed of two or more consonant stems, 
the First Upright stem is written in the position of the vowel 
following the First consonant. 


18. When a follows the first consonant in a word, the First 
upright stem is wiitten Above the line. 


Ex.™>... kap, cap. __ rag. 

fam, fame. ZDS. kab, cab. 




raj, rage. ..rak, rake. 


19 When e or u follows the first consonant in a word', the First 
upright stem is wiitten On the line. 

Ex. kep, keep. 212.... much. 2D.... mush. A., tech, teach. 2^. pech, 
peach. 222... rug.\~-. bug. ' 

Caution. Note that the first upright stem m the words “keep,” 
“much ” and “mush” is On the line. 

Note. In such words as Ss, view. t... dew Z. chew. DL much. 
A Dutch's^ fume.-^come, etc., it is unnecessary to write the 
“sign yj for u, because no words can be formed by supplying e. 

It is also unnecessary to write the signs < and l for oi, oy, and ow, 
when no words can be formed by supplying i or o. 

20. When i follows the first consonant in a word, the first upright 
stem is written Through the line. 


Ex. .1 dip. .V. p i c h, pitch. rich . 2^... h i c h, hitch. nip. 

L.i ii, fife- ' 

'‘Caution. Note that the first upright stem in the words “nip” and 
“hitch” is Through the line. 

Translate Par. 18, 19, and 20, Lesson II. 

21. When o follows the first consonant in a word, the first up¬ 
right stem is written Under the line. 

Ex. .—„ mop .„..k o p. cop. op, rope. ^^^fop. ^foin, 














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22. Caution. Inclined stems, namely f 

should be written more Slanting than usual when in the “o” 
position. If thus written they will not interfere with “a” position 
words on the following line. See Ex. under Par. 21. 


23. When a word is composed altogether of horizontal stems, the 
First stem is written in the position of the vowel immediately fol¬ 
lowing it. 

Ex. 'ZfO?.... n a m, name. k u m, come. k a m , came. 

..n o k, knock. mum. 

24. Doubling a straight stem repeats it. 

Ex. .kak, cake.\.... pip, pipe. 

Translate Par. 21 and 23} Lesson II. Translate Review words. 


Long and Short Vowels. 


25. In practical work it is rarely necessary to distinguish between 
long and short vowels. The several sounds of “a” as in the words, 
at, ate, law, par, etc., are all implied by the “a” position, “ee” in 
feet, “ea” in meat, and “e” in met are implied by the “e” position, “i” 
in pine and “i” in pin are implied by the “i” position, “o” in ode and 
“o” in odd are implied by the “o” position, “u” in tub and tube, and 
“oo” in foot and food, are implied by the “e” position. 

Ex. \... pike or pick.reach or wretch. .\^tub or tube'^zr... back 
or bake^Z^. palm^zz:.^ hack or hawk. See sign for “aw,” Par. 15. 


26. While it is rarely necessary to distinguish between long and 
short vowels, distinction may be made when desired by writing a 
heavy dot, to indicate that the vowel is a long or heavy vowel, and 
a light dot to indicate that the vowel is a short or light vowel. The 


sign for 

and “oo” in food. 

Ex. pick, pik 
..] ^tub. 


may be made longer; thus, V or for ; 
“a” in palm may be indicated thus, 

1 - '1 - 


v u. 


u” in tube 


ztake. ..brr. tack. <ZZ. reach. 


>. palm, 
wretch. 


Written Vowels, Called Ticks. 


27. “Tick” defined. A “tick” is a consonant stem shortened to 
about one-fourth its ordinary length. Just as each full length stem 
has its special name, so these ticks are named as follows; \ Poid. 
1 Toid. I Doid. / CHoid. - Koid. o Noid. 









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28. The syllable “oid” means like, or resembling. Therefore, 
^Poid is a tick resembling P. I Toid is a tick resembling T. 

Moid o and Noid u resemble M and N, but are more elliptical. 

When the Vowel is Written. 

29. As has already been explained, the Position vowel gen¬ 
erally follows the First consonant in the 'word. In some words, 
however, there are other vowels that should occasionally be written. 
For instance a in mika -mica; a and o in demagog-demagogue; a in 
amid; e in enuf-enough ; i in nekti -necktie, etc. 

30. It will readily be seen that the vowels noted above can not be 
Implied by the position of the first consonant stem, for the reason 
that they do not immediately follow the first consonant in the word. 
Such vowels are therefore written with what are called “tick" signs, 
as follows: 


31. “a” and “o” are written with a tick sign, struck at right 
angles to the stem, and in the middle. By the middle is meant half 
way between the beginning and end of the stem. The tick is made 
light for “a,” and shaded for “o.” 

Ex. \ aP. oP. ~| aD. -| oD. U^aN. O^oN. A^aF. A^oF. 

32. When the tick is to the left of an upright stem, or above a 
horizontal stem (see Par. 2), it is read before the stem. When to the 
right of an upright stem, or under a horizontal stem, it is read after 
the stem. 


33. For the present the tick signs are not joined to the stem, and 
do not affect the position of the word. 

ExA^L k a b a j, cabbage. . mika, mica, f adhom, 

fathom.\^a. per, appear, /A a w a, away. .J. .^ S h i k a g o, Chicago. 

<S^a b u v, above. 


34. “e” is written with an inclined tick, thus, n or / , always 
at the beginning of the stem, “i” is written with the sign, v , 
always at the beginning of the stem. 

Ex. '^S^e n u f, enough. A^... e v a d, evade. AA1 V ... nekti, necktie. 
e v e n u, revenue. 


35. Final y is written with the “e” tick, and is always joined 
to the stem. 





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Ex. o p y, copy. navy. meny, many'\ s baby 

. i^fifty . ninety. 

Translate Par. 33, 34, 35, Lesson II. 

Wiite in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 18. bake-bak, match-mach, latch-lach, fame-fam, tame-tam, 
bag, Jack-Jak, cap kap, laid-lad, shape-shap, badge-baj. 

Par. 19. peach-pech, leg, check-chek, peg, deem-dem, leaf-lef, 
cub-kub, cup-kup, much, Dutch-Duch, dumb-dum. 

Par. 20. pitch-pich, rich, knife-nif, dip, tip, Dick-Dik, time-tim, 
pith, pig. 

Par. 21, 22. mob, mock-mok, poach-poch, rob, rod, shop, chop, 
foam-fom. 

Par. 23, 24. name-nam, come-kum, knock-nok, neck-nek, 

make--mak, kick-kik, bib. 

Par. 27 to 33. attack-atak* attach-atach, baggage-bagaj, package- 
pa kaj, meadow-medo. 

Pan 34. enough-enuf, evade-evad. 

Par. 35. baby, many, tiny, fifty. 

Review, make, bake, beg, peg, pig, rig, check, match, mash, 
enough, fathom, peach, ra£, rage, necktie, vanity, making, dip, rope, 
chimney, cake, kick. 



S-CIRCLE. 



General Rule For the Use of the S-Circle. 

3*6 When s begins or ends a word or syllable it is written 'with a 
small circle, thus, o , called the s-circle. At the end of a word or 
syllable this circle is written for s or z. 

Manner of Writing the S-Circle. 

37. The circle is written on the right side of W I I // and 

on the upper side of -- thus, ^ £ £ /%°o_o aS 

The circle is written on the inner side of curved stems, thus, 

Cp C. £ C D 5 JJsn, <lj> ^s> ^ <7 C 

38. When between two straight stems, forming an angle, the circle 

is written on the outside of the angle, thus, J ^— c<^ 

39. When between a straight and curved stem the circle js written 
on the inner side of the curved stem, thus. 







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S-Circle Series Named or Vowelized. 


40. The signs in Par. 37 are called the s-circle series, and are 

Named or vowelized as follows: - 

Initial s. \ seP. \ seB. | seT. f seD. /° seCH. / seJ. 

o_. seK. q _seG. seF. ^ seV. J seSH. <s~\ seM. seN. 

seNG, etc. 

41. Final s. \> Pes-z. \,Bes-z. L Tes-z. L Des-z. I CHes-z. 

£ Jes-z. _o Kes-z. _ o Ges-z. Mes-z. —p Nes-z. Wes-z. 

<Ty es-z. Hes-z. f Bes-z, etc. 

42. When the circle is both at the beginning and end of a stem, 
the three consonants are pronounced as briefly as possible, placing the 
vowel after the first s. 

Ex. sePs. seBs. b seDs. q_ r>seKs. q— e seGs. 6~b seMs. 
Q^PseNs. ^ seRs. <L?seSHes. £ seCHes. seJes, etc. 

Name syllables Par. 40, 41, 42, Lesson III. 


Explicit Rules for Writing and Reading the S-Circle'. 

43. The s-circle is written when a word begins with s. The 
position vowel is read between $ and the consonant stem. 

Ex. sap. S.sup . c hrr seelc. ..<^sofa. ..j?.. sii. sin. sun. .g. soil. 

44. The s-circle is written when a word or syllable ends with s 
or z. The position vowel is read, as usual, after the consonant stem. 

S ^. pass. pause. ^ boys. tiz, ties, „.noz, nose. 

k o w s, cows. \race. jaws. .'.Z... gas. \^j>. n i s, nice '. aA. shoes. 

45. The s-circle is written when s begins and ends a word or 
syllable. The position vowel is read After the initial s. 

Ex. ^ saps. ..j?. sits, sights. sides. Ol seems, o—a.. s i k s, six. 
JT. a j e s, sagesZrf. sags. .Ossips. sobs. saves. 


Ex. 




46. When the position vowel does not come immediately after the 
initial 5 as per Par. 43 and 45, but after the Stem, this condition 
is indicated by turning a small curl on the opposite side of the stem. 

Ex. sty. S Z?. space., g_ slcy. sneeze. ..justice. 9r^O>.. scheme. 

^Z?\slip. .^ZZZslang.j^snow.lZAsleep.^\^slip. 



















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47. In the middle of words the s-circle is written for either s or 
z, and the entire outline is pronounced, if possible, in the same 
syllable. 

Ex. risks. cL?.. desks. .C^Z. maskhasp. 7^.. wasp. 
Translate Par. 43, 44, 45, 4G, 47, Lesson III. 


48. As has already been explained, when an s-circle stem begins 
a word its vowel is always known. See Examples Par. 43, 44, 45 and 
46. When the s-circle stem does not begin the word, its vowel is, of 
course, not known unless written with its tick sign. If, however, (in 
words of more than one syllable), this s-circle stem be called by its 
name, Par. 40, 41, it will rarely be found necessary to write a vowel. 

For instance, the outline, ^?... passage, should be syllabized, pa-sej, 
and Not pas-ja. Qrr„ music, should be syllabized, mu-sek, and Not 
mus-ka, or ems-ka." > J^_. passive, should be syllabized, pa-sev, and 


Not pas-ve. 

Note carefully the syllabication of the following words: 

../ZZ^ le-sen, lesson. ma-sen, wason/~ZrZ. Jak-sen, Jackson. 

Ma-de-sen, Madison. ku-sen, cousin.*7^ siks-tes, sixties. 

.^^jjYi-sen-e-ty, vicinity, re-set, receipt. jus-tes, justice. 

// ^!?la-tes, lattice. SZZZ fa-sen-ing, fastening. .^^Tno-ves, novice. 
.^■■■■■ ■^ino-ka-sen, m occasin. S*3.... fa-sel-e-ty, facility. 

Translate Par. 48, Lesson III. Note that words of two syllables 
beginning with a consonant are generally accented on the First 
syllable. 


When the Stem Sign is Written for S or Z. 

49. When a word begins with a vowel, and is followed by s or t, 
the stem sign takes the position of this vowel. When s or z is the 
Only consonant in a word the stem sign is written. 

Ex.„l j^escape.^Zl. assume. aside. ice. icy. ^ eyes. y Isaac. 

50. The stem sign is written when a word begins with z~ The 
stem sign is written when s or z is the last consonant in a word 
followed by a vowel. This vowel is understood to be i or y unless 
written with its tick sign. 















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Ex. . zinc. 1?.. zealous. k>..zero. busy. fussy. Z. juicy. 

noisy, rosy. O... Lucy. daisy. J.Z.: lasso. ' 

51. The stem sign is written when th'ere are two vowels between 
initial s and the following consonant. Ex. Siam. Suez. The 
stem sign is written when there are two vowels before/final s. Ex. 
13. chaos, x-. pious. 

Translate'Par. 40, 50 and 51, Lesson III. Translate Review words. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par 43. sap, sob, safe, save, sash, seek, sack-sak, sag, sage-saj, 
seem, sin, sing, sang. 

Par. 44. pass, buys-biz, days-daz, pies-piz, chase, jaws, boys, cows- 
kows, fuss, mass, lace, nose, ways, yes, race, rice. 

Par. 45. saps, sights-sits, sides, seeks, sags, sages-sajes, sashes, 
socks-soks. 

Par. 46. spy, sty, sky, stews-stus, slice, snows, slays, sneeze, sways. 

Par. 47 task, musk, desks, risk, wisp. 

Par. 48. mason, fasten-fasen, missing, passing, passage-pasaj, 
amusing, justice, reasons. 

Par. 49. ask, assume, escape-eskap, say, asp. 

Par. 50. fussy, Lizzie, racy, cozy-kosy. 

Par. 51. chaos-kaos, pious. 

Review, sick, pass, saps, seems, slice, massive, sages, sags, sashes, 
snows, six-siks, lay, riches, ask, escape, rosy, Jessie, fussy. 


SMALL LOOP FOR ST or ZD. 

52. When s is immediately followed by t, forming st, as in the 
words step, cost, lost, etc., these two letters are represented by a small 
loop, thus, & called the st-loop. This loop is also written for final 
zd, as heard in the words amazed, raised, praised, etc. 

St-Loop Series Named or Vowelixed. 

53. The st-loop series are named in precisely the same manner as 
the s-circle series, thus: 

54. Initial st-loop. \ steP. \ steB. f steT. f steD. /* steCH. 
«=*— eteK. steM. ^ steR, etc. 








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55. Final st-loop. \> Pest. \ Best. [ Test ^ Dest. f Jest. 
Mest. v_^Nest. ^ West, etc. 

Note. In ordinary print Capital letters represent consonant 
Stems, and small letters represent the circles, loops, and other modi¬ 
fied consonants that will be introduced later. See foregoing examples. 


Manner of Reading Position Vowel. 

56. The st-loop is written when a word begins with st. The 
position vowel is read Between st and the following consonant 
stem. . 

Ex. \.step . staff. sticks. testing, O, stem. stags. 

.....£ stages. ...... state. 


57. The st-loop is written when a word or syllable ends with st or 
zd. If desired the loop may be shaded for zd.. The position vowel 
is read as usual after the first consonant in the word. j 

Ex.^.. past. ^s>. best. A dust, .d^just. - J ^ 

spaced. sliced. 

Translate Par. 56, 57, Lesson IV. 


gazed. 


list. dazed. 


58. When a stem with its st-loop does Not begin the word, its 
vowel is, of course, not known. It is therefore called by its name 
as per Par. 55. 

Ex. p^CHe-Pest, cheapest. ^... Li-Test, lightest. CHest, 

richest. . .sa-Dest, saddest. Me-Nest, meanest. .(L..... Fi-Nest, 


finest, No-Test, 
soonest,/^.. Ru-Dest, 
duced. l^TeM-Pest, tempest. 


noticed. —rs. 
rudest, 




?Ke-Nest, keenest. su-Nest, 
e-Kost, seacoast.'<^k Re-dust, re- 
Lo-Pest, loudest. 


59. When a vowel follows st, as in the words, rusty, justice, etc., 
the s-circle and T stem must be written. The vowel following T is 
understood to be ior y unless written with its tick sign. 

Ex. ^f. rusty . .1 hasty. ^Jus-Tis, justice.*^, bestow. / ^Z1. lusty. 

Translate Par. 58, 59, Lesson IV. Note. Words of two syllables, 
beginning with a consonant, are generally accented on the first 
syllable. 















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Large Circle for the Syllables SES and SEZ. 

60. A large circle, about four times the size of the s-circle, thus, O , 
called ses or sez, is written for the syllables, sas, ses-z, sis-z, sos, sus, 
as heard in the words, bases, passes, raises, Mississippi, Sussex, etc. 
The ses-circle is joined to the stem either initially or finally, in pre¬ 
cisely the same manner as the s-circle. 

61. The ses-circle is written when a word begins with ses, sis, sos, 
or siis. The stem takes the position of the vowel coming between the 
first and second s. 

Ex. .|Lsis-TeM, system, sis-eM, schism. ses-eN-iNG, 

seasoning^ Jrf... sus-eKs, Sussex. 


62. When either sas, ses, sis, sos, or sus, occurs in the middle or at 
the end of a word the ses-circle is written, and is pronounced, ses or 

Ex. noses. ^ spices. raises. ^ voices. Mississippi. 
!£. Ne-ses-Ty, necessity. Re-sesT, resist. sneezes. Moses, 
roses. 6. juices. 

s 63. Should it be desired to express the exact vowel heard in the 
syllables sas, ses, sis, sos or sus, this vowel may be written with its 
tick sign. See Par. 31 and 34. 

Ex. Re-sisT, resist.®^?... sus-eKs, Sussex. !^De-sis-iV, de¬ 
cisive. 


64. A large loop, about four times the size of the st-loop, thus, , 
called the ster-loop, is written for the syllables ster, or sture, as heard 
in the words, master, Rochester, mixture, fixture, etc. This loop is 
never written at the beginning of a word, and is pronounced “ster.” 

Ex. Lester. Ro-CHester, Rochester. yesterday. ™_.. road- 
sterP$... pastor. P ^ 


65. When s follows the st-loop, ses-circle or ster-loop, it is written 
with the s-circle. , 

Ex. > ^.. pastes. tastes. fL dusts. d?... recesses, .^^possesses. 

masters, dusters. 


66. The sign, —o , pronounced eks, is written for the first 
•syllable in the words, exceed, excite, etc. The second vowel in the 
word determines the position of the outline. 










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Ex . excite. IZf„. exceed. excused. exercised, 

exchange. 


Translate Par. 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66, Lesson IV. Translate 
Review words. 


Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 56. stop, stub, state, stitch, stayed-staD, stage-staJ, stag, 
stem, stock. 

Par. 57. past, boast, dust, chest, jest, cast-Kast, gust, fast, raised, 
voiced, sneezed, most, spiced, sliced, least, dazed-Dazd, cost-Kost. 

Par. 58. latest, cheapest, finest, noticed, tempest, sickest, refused- 
ReFuzd. 

Par. 59. misty, rusty, tasty, hasty, bestow, justice, lusty. 

Par. 61. system, season. 

Par. 62. passes, abuses, faces, noses, houses, sneezes, losses, misses. 

Par. 64. pastor, master, buster, shyster, monster, yesterday, 
Rochester. 

Par. 65. pastes, lists, masts, nests, masters, dusters, monsters. 

Par. 66. expose, excite, exceed. 

Review, step, stitches, costs, stage, stag, master, mast, masses, 
past, passes, lists, sticks, notices, guest, ghost, Moses, houses, causes, 
slices. 


GENERAL RULE FOR THE USE OF L, R, and SH. 

(The stem signs for these consonants are sometimes written up¬ 
ward and sometimes downward). 

67. In Naming the stem signs for L, R and SH, a vowel is 
pronounced before the consonant to indicate that the stem is a 
down-stroke, and after to indicate that the stem is an up-strotce. For 
instance the down-strokes for L, R and SH are named eL, eR and iSH. 
The up-strokes for these consonants are named Le, Re and SHe. 
Therefore when Any vowel comes Before L, R or .SH, the down- 
stroke is written. When Any Sounded vowel comes After L, R or 
SH, the nv-stroke is written. When no vowel is written or implied, the 
stem is called by its name. 

Ex. La-M, lame. F-eL-iNG, feeling. B-aL, hale. 

!YeR-Le, early. \t.. Be-Re, berry. oZZT A-Me-Re-Ka, America. 








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l. Ri- 


-Le, Riley, \S.. De-La, delay. F-iSH, fish. Fi-SHe, 
fishy.-\f3..... Pa-Re-Ty, parity. \<d.... Pu-Re-Ty, purity, F-iR, fire. 
J^T-eR, tear. .^sP-iR, spire. ^ st-oR, store. sto-Re, story. 


68 . 

Ex. 


Explicit Rules for the Use of,X, R, and SH. 
Uses of Le, written upward. 

When L is the only consonant stem in a word. 


/'I 


lay, 


.. sail. 




slay. 


stale. 




lasts. 




losses. 


(^..lustre. ...^r.lie. ,.^Z.sly. ...^1 still. ^3.. slice. 

69. When L begins or is the first stem in a word. 

Ex. .^\Aife. .A.ZZ. leg. ./ZZZ. loom. (Z}..lad. ./ZZ7... look. AL-leaf. 

70. Generally in the middle of words, and Always when a vowel 
(See General Rule, Par. 67.) Always before downstrokes. 


follows L. 

Ex. V£z!.... delaying. 

^ 


policy. 


XT* 


^ following. C/— film. 


slave, sling. milk. alive. 

71. When L is the Last consonant stem in a word followed by 
a vowel. This vowel is understood to be i or y, unless written with 
its tick sign. (See Par. 67.) 

Ex. Billy. AZjelly. ~>y^>Willie , s. ^^mellow. hilly, 

hollow. .kr. delay. 

Translate Par. 68, 69, 70 and 71, Lesson V. 

Uses of eL, written downward. 

72. When L is the first consonant in a word beginning with 
a vowel, and is next followed by a horizontal stem. The stem is 
written in the position of the vowel beginning the word. (See. Par. 
67.) 

Ex. A^... elm. < Z>... alum. C*e... elks. alike.^r^ j.... eliminate. 

73. When L is the last consonant stem in a word. In the middle 
of words when the syllable ends with L. (See General Rule, Par. 67.) 

Ex. pale. ^..... bales. spill. .L„ files. feeling, v. piling, 
boils, -ir^z coil. < » 

^ Translate Par. 72 and 73, Lesson V. 



















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Use* of Re, written upward. 

74. When R begins a word, or is the first consonant stem followed 
by a vowel. (See Par. 67.) 

Ex. "1^1ray . rye. £^.rue. riches. rages. rags, 
ripe. series.^,... rose. 

75. Always before upright stems, and generally in the middle of 
words. 

Ex.— parks.’Z^Zs- searching, borrowing . starching. 

^4™ Paradise. OiZZ? Americaearth. 

76. When R is the last consonant stem in a word followed by a 
vowel. This vowel is understood to be i or y unless written with its 
tick sign. 

Ex. fiery. \Z.berry.weary, sorrows. . narrow. 

story. furies. 

Translate Par. 74, 75, 76, Lesson V. 

Uses of eR, written downward. 

77. When R is the first or only consonant stem in a word Be¬ 
ginning with a vowel. The stem is written in the position of the 
vowel beginning the word. 

Ex. 4. air. "X ears. "X. arrest. arms. ark. 


'Nearly. ~^hour$yZ^:army. 


.. argue. 




78. When R is the last consonant .stem, and no sounded vowel 
follows. Sometimes in the middle of a word. (See General Rule, 
Par. 67.) 

Ex. .X^hre. 

79. Always before M. 


e. L^fiercely. .'i^spire^}.. star. sire. spar. par. 


Ex.>^™. 
Translate Par. 77, 78, 79, Lesson V. 


room. . storm. 

v—x 


Uses of iSH and SHe. 

80. The stem 4 SH is generally written downward, being then 
called iSH. When, however, SH is the last consonant stem in a word 
followed by a vowel it is written Upward, being then called SHe. 

















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The vowel following is understood to be i or y unless written with 
its tick sign. . 

Ex. -J.. she. 'zzZ shakes. shame. sashes. fish. fishy. 
,\... hush. bushy. 

'Translate Par. 80, Lesson V. Translate Review words, Lesson V. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. Read Par. 67. 

Par. 68. lie, lay, Lee, sail, lace, lies, last, stale, lists, leases. 

Par. 69. like, leave, lame, lake, lime, latch, laid, ledge (lej), leg. 
Par. 70. bulk, delaying, policy, milk. 

Par. 71. fully, dolly, folly, hilly, valley, Bailey, Willie, willow. 
Par. 72. elks, elm. 

Par. 73. peel, pile, spill, files, bale, bill, gale, feeling, baling. 
Par. 74. rye, row, race, rags, rugs, reap, ride, rage (raj), rich, 
richest, wreck (rek). 

Par. 75. barks, fearing, searching, survey. 

Par. 76. fury, merry, Mary, .Jerry, cherries, parry, berry, nar¬ 
row (naro), starry. 

Par. 77. ear, ark, early, ears, oars, arm, ire. 

Par. 78. fears, fires, par, bars, spire, sire, star, fiercely. 

Par. 79. ream, Rome, storms. 

Par. 80. shy, shame, sash, mush, fishy, bushy, lash, cash. 
Review, jelly, Carrie, berry, fury, merry, ire, oars, lay, last, slice, 
slim, slack, fish, fishy, riches, ridges, rags, bill, Billy, fair, fairy, bear. 

- 



L-//oo/< 


R-tfooJt 


L AND R HOOKS. 

81. A small hook, at the beginning, and on the circle side of a 

straight stem is an l-hook. Thus : \ \ f f f f r ^ 

82. A small hook, at the beginning, and on the opposite side of a 
straight stem is an r-hook. Thus : \ ^ j \ / / 

83. A large hook, at the beginning, and on the Inner side of a 

curved stem is an l-hook. Thus : Q COO-?-?C^ ^ ft 

84. A small hook, at the beginning, and on the Inner side of a 

curved stem is an r-hook. Thus:^^£ C 0 ^ ^ C ^ 






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L and R Hook Stems Named or Vowelized. 

85.. The l and r-hooJc stems are Named or vowelized by pro¬ 
nouncing short e between the consonant represented by the stem and 
the l or r-hoolc. 

Straight stems. 

86. l-hook. \ Pel. S^Bel. \ Tel. f Del. / CHel. /Jel.c—Kel. 
c—Gel. o/Rel. r-hook. r \ Per. Ber. 1 Ter. ] Der. / CHer. 
J Jer. <— Ker. c — Ger. 

Curved stems. 

87. l-hook. ^-Fel. ^-Vel. —^SHel. 3 ZHel. CTHel. (Wei. 
9 eSel. 9 eZel. c\ Mel. c^Nel. °\ Wei. ^Yel. Hel. 

r-hook. (^_Fer. Q^Ver. ^SHer. ZHer. Q THer. DHer. 
) eSer. ) eZer. < r~'\ Mer. ^ Ner. Wer. ^ Yer. Her. 

^eRer. 

Name syllables Par. 86, 87, Lesson VI. 

General Rule for the Use of L or R Hook. 

88. The l or r-hook is written whenever l or r is pronounced in 

THE SAME SYLLABLE WITH THE PRECEDING CONSONANT. 


Explicit Rules for the Use of Hook and for Reading 
Position Vowel. 

89. When a consonant stem with an l or r-hook stands alone or 
begins a word, the l or r is read, If Possible, immediately after the 
stem, and then the position vowel. 

Ex. ply. blue. ...j! Troy. ^ glow. pray. plaster, 

%Opleases. A., traced. .3^.Arim. Iol dreams . classes. „....„ 

V— plug \ —. hlp.nk. J|..„ trickster. ,3^trip. .(Z/Zy.^ZZ. flame, 
i. ..C~. flings. Sr. fray. frame. .(* three. *2.. shrew. 


grows 


flinch. flings. Zr. fray . _ZZZZ frame 

French. J!.... shred. gleam. (L flies.'S^brisk. flask. 

frisk .^f. preaches. ZlZp?' clinchs-^33^clearing. 

90. Prom the above examples it will be seen that the l or r-hook 
is always written when l or r follows another consonant and is pro¬ 
nounced in the same syllable. 

Translate Par. 89, Lesson VI. 
















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91. When the l or r-hoo]f } being read Immediately after the 
stem, as per Par. 89, does not suggest a word, the position vowel is 
read Between- the stem and the! or r-hook. 


,Ex. balcony, ^b........ partake. darkness .....^ garnish. 

, W tarnish ..Icn.. term. directory. colony. Ber¬ 
muda. burlap. turmo^tf\jfburlesque. 


92. The vowel coming between the stem and l or r-hook may be 
indicated by striking a dash through the stem, thus, ^ perch. This 
dash, however, is rarely written. ' 


93. When it is impossible to pronounce l or r Immediately 
after the stem, the position vowel must, of course, be read between the 
stem and hook. 

Note. Since l can not be pronounced Immediately after T, D, CH, J, 
TH, DH, SH, ZH, M, N, W, Y, H, or Re, the l-hook is written when a 
vowel comes between either of the above consonants and the following l. 
Likewise r can not be pronounced Immediately after CH, J, M, N, W, Y, 
and H. Therefore the r-hook is written when a vowel comes between either 
of these consonants and the following r. For instance, the word deal is 

written, .f.. Since the position vowel can not be read After Dl, it must 

be read between the stem D, and the l-hook. The word more is written, 
Since the position vowel can not be read After Mr, it must, of course, be 
read between the,stem M, and the r-hook. 

Ex. ..j!.. till. .L dale'. JL^~. delicacy.^... chilling. jail. J2. shell, 

mail. ^py. mile. Sd. nail. weal. ..(/Yale. hail. rail, 

.a/rule. Williams. <2... shellfish. ./ chair, ./..jeer. more. 

nor. ^tLnear. c^wire. iC. years. ^.. hire . nervous 

marking^workhouse. JsstL. harshness. fH~.. hark. 

94. From the above examples it will be seen that in many instances 
it is impossible to pronounce the l or r immediately after the stem. 
Indeed there are Only five consonants that are Immediately 
followed by Z, namely, P, B, K, G, and F. There are only nine conso¬ 
nants that are Immediately followed by r, namely, P, B, T, D. 
K, G, F, SH, and TH. 

Translate Pars. 91 and 93, Lesson VI. Translate Review words. 

Write the following syllables, Par. 86, 87. Pel, Bel, Tel, Del, CHel, 
Jel, Kel, Gel, Per, Ber, Ter, Der, CHer, Jer, Ker, Ger, Fel, Vel, Mel, 
Nel, Wei, Yel, SHel, Fer, Ver, THer, SHer, Mer, Ner, Wer, Yer, Her. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully para¬ 
graphs referred to before translating. 












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Par. 88, 89. play, plea, ply, blow, clay (kla), plies, class (klas), 
glows, placed, places, please, pleased, pleases, praise, praised, crisis, 
fly, flee, flays, fray, fries, blame, gloom (glum), flames, flash, flags, 
French, dream, drab, trench, cream (krem), trips, gravy, trims, bring. 

Par. 91. darkness, parking, person, parson, perceive, dark. 

Par. 93, 94. tale, deals, till, jail, rail, rolls, chair, shells, mile, 
meals, Nile, mole, Yale, yell, hail, Hell, whole, mar, mere, wars, 
charms, shilling, kneeling (neling). 

Review, pray, dale, crow, glow, fray, flay, freedom, grows, glows, 
try, till, glass, grass, ply, rail, mails, mile, fly. 

Manner of Reading L and R-Hooka When Not Initial. 

95. In the middle or at the end of words the l or r-hoole stem is 
generally pronounced as per Par. 86 and 87. Student should refer 
to these paragraphs and study carefully the Names of the l and 
r-hook stems. Note the syllabication of the following words. Words 
of two syllables, beginning with a consonant, are generally accented 
on the first syllable. ^ 

Ex. Ti-Ger, tiger. ^.....sTa-Bel, sta&?e.\>_Pre-CHer, preacher. 
L..Te-CHer, teacher. Ker-Nel, colonel: .k. Tra-.Per, trapper. 

'^Tru-Bel-seM, troublesome. . ..Kor-Ner. corner. ...V^Fi-Ner, 

La-Ber, labor. 2?..Mar-SHel, martial./^\. Li-Ber-Ty, 

liberty. ^Z^Lar-Jer, larger. S\^Fa-Bel, fable. £3^ siL-Ver, silver. 
^Z'XsKi-Per, slipper. ^^.sLi-Per, slipper. Har-Per, Harper. 

ZI^Re-Ker-eNs, recurrence. 


96. In the middle and at the end of words the l or r-hook is some¬ 
times pronounced Immediately after the stem. Short e is sup¬ 
plied when the vowel is not written. 

Ex. .lyJDe-Pres, depress. Re-Pres, repress. ..1 De-Pie, deeply. 
U^-De-Kre, decree. De-Pre-SHe-aT, depreciateT^^y. KaM- 

BreJ, Cambridge. 


9f. rl, rel or rely as . in the words, moral, morally, furl, girl, etc. 
may be written Rel. 

Ex>T. barrelSx^furl. . ./girl. moral or morally\^l pearl 
or pearly?~?^snarl.*<^^rw(H^ 

Translate Par. 95, 96, 97, Lesson VII. 











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98. Words of one syllable in which a vowel comes between P, B, G, 
and F, and the following l, should Never be written with the 
l-hook. Always write the stem sign for L. 

Ex. ^?... pale. bale. ~ZZ. gale. k>. feels. files . 

Note. Since, in a few words, l immediately follows P, B, 0, and 
F, the foregoing rule enables us to distinguish between such words as 
5^. ply and pile , _ glow and goal%?.... flaw and fall, etc. 

99. Words of one syllable in which a vowel comes between P, B, 
T, D and F, and the following r, should Never be written with 
the r-hook. Always write the stem sign for R. 

Ex. .^fire. L^fears. par. bare, ...L tires. 

Note. Since, in a few words, r immediately follows^, B, T, D, and 
F, the foregoing ruje enables us do distinguish between such words as 
..(jry and ..i K Jire, pray and jzypar, etc. 

100. Words of one syllable may be written with the l or r-hook 
when a vowel comes between K and the following l or r, provided a 
dash be struck through the stem. (Par. 92.) 

Ex.. call.r&^z. cure. .......^ coarse. .^1 care. 

Translate Par. 98, 99, 100, Lesson VII. 

S-Circle In Combination With L-Hook. 

101. When s precedes any straight l-hook stem, or any curved l or 
r-hook stem, the circle is turned on the inside of the hook, thus: 

\\ f I77k_*_*^ C. L LC. 

102. When either of the foregoing signs begins a word, the 
s-circle, with the position vowel is Always pronounced as a 
Separate syllable, and the stem with its l or r-hook, is pronounced 
as per. Par. 87. 

Ex. L. sa Del, saddle, L .. se-Tel, settle. r^sa-CHel, satchel. 

sa-Bel, sable. ..(^si-Fer, cipher. Qjsi-Vel, civil. Mer, summer. 
?_su-Fer, suffer. 

Translate Par. 102, Lesson YII. 

103. When s, st, or ses, comes before any straight r-hook stem, the 

circle or loop is turned on the r-hook side of the stem.. The r-hook 
is then said to be concealed. Thus: °W _o_^ ^ ^ 












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27 


104. When either of the foregoing signs begins a word, the s-circle 
or st-loop, with the position vowel, is pronounced as a separate sylla¬ 
ble, and the stem with its r-hook is pronounced as per Par. 87. 

Ex, °\. su-Per, supper. o^^so-Ber-Ly*. soberly. se-Ker, seeker, 
.(ym— si-Ger, cigar . * — sto-Ker, stoker . 1... sa-Der, sadder. .^fsta-Jer, 


stager. sis-Ter, sister. _ sticker. 

Translate Par., 104, Lesson VII. 


stopper. 

% 


105. When the position vowel does not immediately follow initial 
s, as per Par. 102 and 104, this condition may be indicated by turn¬ 
ing a very small curl on the opposite side of the stem. This curl means 
that the s-circle, consonant stem, l or r-hook and position vowel, are 
all pronounced in the Same syllable. 

Ex. stream, ^..^strikesspray. X. stray.<screw. splice. 

. stretchingT ^...IX scramble. X. struggle. < |L, string. 

106. When the l or r-hook stems occur in the middle of words, in 
combination with the s-circle, the following forms are employed. 


..(visible. mystery. ..(^useful. 


Ex. . disagree. disclaim. 

i|... destroy, .^displease. 

107. r is frequently omitted when occurring in the middle of 
words. 

Ex. Pre-sKiB, prescribe. %: suB-sKi-Ber, subscriber. 

JLrrv De-sKiB, describe. 

108. When the initial vowel is in the accented syllable of a word, 
followed by a straight r-hook stem, this vowel may be indicated by 
enlarging the r-hook. The stem takes the position of this vowel. 

Ex. uppermost .. adder. odor. eagerness. 

.?kT utterly. ' 

Translate" Par. 105, 106, 107, 108, Lesson VII. 


LARGE HOOK FOR “W 

109. A large initial hook, on the circle side of a straight stem is 
w. This hook is written when w immediately follows any straight 
consonant stem. 














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110. The foregoing are called the w-hook stems, and are named 
or vowelized by pronouncing w immediately after the stem, thus: 

P Twe. P Dwe. c— Kwe. C— Gwe. C^=» Kwest. f Twest, etc. 

111. When a w-hook stem begins a word, the position vowel is 
pronounced immediately after the w. When the sign does not begin 
a word, it is pronounced as per Par. 110. Note, q or qu in such 
words as quick, queer, quarrel, etc., is pronounced kw, and is there¬ 
fore written 

Ex. twice, . p... twig. _KwaK, quake. Spi KwiL, quill. 

KwiR, quire.C. -KwiK, quick. sKweL, squeal. Re- 

Kwe-seT, requisite. Re-Kwest, request. Zr2^ZKwa-Rel, quar¬ 
rel. Per-Kwe-seT, perquisite. J. .. eS-KwiR, esquire. 

sKwiRps^wire.P^DweL-iNG, dwelling) Kwi-Ker, quicker. 

Translate Par. Ill, Lesson VII. 


112. A lengthened Re is written for the syllables, rior t rier, etc., 
as heard in the words, exterior, inferior, barrier, furrier, etc. If 
these words are pronounced, it will be observed that there are two 
vowel sounds between the first and second r. The sign is pro¬ 
nounced re-er. ^ 

Ex.^ exterior .. barrier. 


. furrier. 


roar. 


rear. 


113. When but One vowel is heard between the first and second 
r, the syllable is written ^ eRer, and is pronounced rer. 

Ex. Zl.. eRer, error, Fa-Rer, fairer. .1^ Te-Rer, terror. 




Ba-Rer, bearer. 


114. The syllables in, en, and un may be prefixed to Curved 
stems with s-circle, or to straight stems having an s-circle on the 
r-hook side, by turning a Large shaded curl on the opposite side 
of the stem. 

Ex. inscribe, unscrew. c a...„ inseparable. 'Ol. in some. 

^ inspire. 

Translate Par. 112,113,114, Lesson VII Translate Review words. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 












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Par. 95. pebble, paper, bible, fable, final, middle, local, caper, 
keeper, rider, leader, meeker, thicker, fibre, neighbor, weaker, wager, 
sample, simple, wiggle, ladder, trample, worker, grumble, finer, man¬ 
ner, meaner, thinner, dinner, steeple, silver, trapper. 

Par. 96. retrace, decreasing. 

Par. 97. pearl, moral, spiral, furl, girh 

Par. 98. peel, bills, fails, gale. 

Par. 99. far, tear, tires, tar, bars. 

Par. 100. calls, coarse, care. 

Par. 101, 102. satchel, saddles, safer, suffering, sinner, cipher. 

Par. 103, 104. supper, sabre, cedar, stitcher, staggers, sisters, 
stutters, soberly. 

Par. 105. strew, struck, sprang, stretches, streams, stroke, stray, 
screw, struggle, screeching, string, streaming. 

Par. 106. disgrace, feasible. 

Par. 107. describe, prescribe. 

Par. 108. utterly, eagerly, odors, adder. 

Par. 109-10-11. twig, twice, twitch, quake, quaker, queer, quench, 
quibble, bequeath, require, dwell. 

Par. 112. rare, furrier, exterior. 

Par. 113. terror, fairer, bearer. 

Par. 114. inscribe, unscrew. 

Review, pickle, packer, baker, deeper, dipper, chapel, cheaper, 
level, liver, thicker, maker, trapper, marble, marker, tinner, dinner, 
tunnel, pale, play, plea, peel, flee, feel, fry, fire, try, tire, quest, 
request, bequest, squire. 




FINAL HOOKS. 


115. A small final hook on the circle side of a straight stem is 
/ or v. The stem may be a simple stem or may have initial circle, 
loop or hook. The combinations thus formed are Named or vowel- 
ized as follows: 


[ Def-v. f CHef-v. / Jef-v. / Ref-v. 



\, Pref-v. ^ Bref-v, etc. 

Caution. Curved stems do not take the / or v-hook. 

116. A small final hook, on the r-liooTc side of straight stems is n. 
The signs thus formed are Named or vowelized as follows: 



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\Pen. \ Ben. J Ten, J Den. ,/CHen. ^/jen _ ? Ken_,Gen. 

/Ren. S^Plen. ^ Pren. ^Blen, etc. 

117. A small final hook, on the Inner side of curved stems is 
7i. The signs thus formed are Named or vowelized as follows: 

^v^Fen. ^Ven. ' (^THen. ^ DHen. s> Men. \—? Nen. Wen. 
C Yen.^ eRn. ^»Fren. CoFlen^^Mern, etc. 

Name syllables Par. 115, Lesson VIII. 

When the F, V and N-Hook is Written. 

118. The hook is written whenever f,vorn follows, and is pro¬ 
nounced in the same syllable with the preceding consonant. 


Manner of Reading Position Vowel. 

119. When the stem has no initial circle, loop or hook, the position 


-' * uw xxj.x\,±ai auup UI 11UUK., uie position 

vowel is read as usual, after the stem, and then the final hook, all 
being pronounced in the same syllable. 

Ex. / or v^hooJc. (See Par. 115). V puff.\.pave. beef. 
.../.rough, ../.rave. ..J.. dive. 

n-hook on straight stems. (See Par. 116). pan. \ Ben. ..A join. 
\^pin.~I2.. gain. „J„ dine. .y. chin.-—fiain./Zrain. ~ . 

n-hook on curved stems. (See Par. 117). \/.fan. ..Qhim (1 thine. 

mine. wine. nine. )/vain. /Iyawn. 

Curved stems do not take the / or v-hook. .Ex. Qs +move. 

/deleaves . laugh. 

Translate Par. 119, Lesson VIII. 


120. When an f, v or n-hook stem has an initial circle or hook the 

entire sign, if possible, is pronounced in the same syllable. ~ ’ 

Ex. spin. \ plan. 1.. train. „ morn.^/... sprain. 1. strain. 

.• slain. .A drive .' w*. prove, //starve. /. warn. < rrr^. glove. P twin. 

queen.spleen. ^ 

Translate Par. 120, Lesson VIII. 

121. When an n-hook stem can not be pronounced in the same 
syllable with the initial s-circle or st-loop, then the s-circle or st-'oop 
must be pronounced, with the position vowel, as a separate syllabi^ 
lhe stem, with its final hook, is then pronounced as per Par. 116, 117. 














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Ex. Xsu-Den, sudden. X. sa-Den, sadden. '.(^sti-Fen, stiffen. 
...X?sa-Lun, saloon. J... sa-Ten, satin, q _ 7 si-Ken 


°i 

sicken. ..r... sa-Tem, 

Saturn. .^so-Fen, soften. 

Translate Par. 121, Lesson VIII. 

122. s may be added to any / or v-hook sign, or any curved n-hook 
sign by turning the s-circle in the hook. 

Ex. \a. puffs. divest... braves. \fc. bluffs. ^ vines. <^.. hence. 
.Omen's. TaL. earns. 

123. The s-circle, st-loop, ster-loop or ses-circle, turned on the 
n-hook side of a straight stem, conceals n. 

j i r) f y 

o Ex. S-^dance. danced. dances. ...... saddens. .„... strains. 

satins. .„... stains. X. punster. ~... trances, ®bj?... screens. queens. 
.j?_ twins. glance*. glancedglances. 

124. The st-loop, ses-circle or ster-loop Can Not be written in 
the n-hook on curved stems, for the reason that this is the s-circle side 
of the stem. 

Ex. fenced. .L^p... fences. winces, minister. 

Translate Par. 122, 123, 124, Lesson VIII. 

125. When an f, v or n-hook stem is not initial, it is called by its 
name as per Par. 115, 116, 117. 

Ex. IX. Ka-Ben, cabin. XL La-Ten, Latin.*ZsI2.... Ma-Ken, Macon. 

gy ...^/Wil-Ken-seN, Wilkinson. Bar-Gen, bargain. .,^ Ko- 

Feh, coffin?\zz^ Re-Men-iNG, remaining.^3^... Res-Tren-iNG, re¬ 
straining. Re-Klen-iNG, reclining. ...t^ De-Pens, deepens. 

_.J^Dis-Pens, dispense.'^Lri^. Re-Fen-iNG, refining. 

Translate Par. 125, Lesson VIII. Note. Words of two syllables 
beginning with a consonant, are generally accented on the first 
syllable. 

126. oln the middle of')words n is sometimes omitted. 

Ex. X*... transpire, JX transgress. 
















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127. When followed by a sounded vowel the stem signs must be 
written for f, v and n. This vowel is always understood to be i or y 
unless written with its tick sign. The stem sign is written for n 
when there are two concurrent vowels, as in peon, 

^Ex. \^/. penny. many. funny . coffee^\c. bravo. 

. gravy. Minnie. ' v - 

Translate Par. 127, Lesson VIII. 


SHUN HOOK. 


128. A large final hook, on the circle side of straight stems, and 
on the inner side of curved stems is shun or zhun, as heard in the 
words, nation, vision, passion, etc. 

129. The above are called the shun-hooJc stems and are Named 
or vowelized by pronouncing the syllable shun or zhun, after the con¬ 
sonant stem to which the hook is written. The circle adds s, and is 
read Last. 

Ex. V> Peshun. \j Beshun. i Teshun. Feshun. Veshun. 
\j Pershun. C - D Kweshun. <7 V) sPreshun. Dershun. Nershun. 
(o Fleshun. \3 Beshuns. o Meshuns. __3 Kashuns. 


Ex. 


pression .. equation. 


patience. ^ visions. 


130. When a shun-hook stem begins a word, the position vowel is 
read in accordance with rules already’given. When the shun-hoolc 
stem does not begin the word, it is pronounced as per Par. 129 

\3 ^ ~ ‘ 

notions. - narration. '_ 0 „ op- 

I Grecian.*^)suppression. <^o.. Re-Veshun, 

revision — 3 ... Mi-Grashun, migration. ^L... Re-Pu-Teshun, repu- 


tation.\ —L. perfection.definition. 


131. When ishun follows a stem ending with an s-circle, as in 
physician, precision, etc., a small hook is turned on the opposite side 
of the stem. This is called the ishun hook. Thus, ..U Fis-ishun, 
physician. The hook is made somewhat larger, and shaded for eshun 
or ashun, and is called the eshun or ashun hook. 

Thus, ^Pos-eshun, possession. Taks-ashun, taxation. 









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Ex. Ok. Mus-ishun, musician. A. Trans-ishun, transition. A. Des- 
ishun, decision. CX^Pre-Pes-ishun, preposition. Rel-aKs-ashun, 

relaxation. Pos-ishun, position. 

O 

132. When s follows either of the foregoing hooks the s-circle is 
turned in the hook, thus, ,C„ physicians. Ofe. musicians. 

Translate Par. 130, 131, 132, Lesson VIII. 


LARGE HOOK FOR THE SYLLABLES TER, THER AND DHER. 

133. The syllables ter , ther and dher may be added to any 
Straight stem having no final hook or circle, by a large final hook, 
on the n-hook side of the stem. This hook is never written on 
Curved stems. 


134. The foregoing are called ter-hook stems, and are Named 
or vowelized in a manner similar to the shun-hook stems. Thus: 

Peter. ^ Beter or Bether. ^ sePter. —p Gater or Gather. 
( J CHeter. Kater, etc. 


135. When a consonant stem with a ter-hook begins a word the 
position vowel is read in accordance with rules already given. When 
the ter-hook stem is not initial it is pronounced as Par. 134. The 
circle adds s, and is read last. 

, Ex. v.... patter. ^.better. \...Agreater .._ pother. ,\>bitters. 

& platters. ..1..'TiP-Reter. typewriter. A. spatter. .1 . director. 


eA 


chatters. 
136. 






^glittering. JzLscatters. i greater. 

The sign t' or ^ may be written in the ter-hook for the 
syllable ture, as in the words, picture. /Cl?... lecture. departure, 
creatures. . 

137. The ter-hook should never be written for the syllable der. 

Ex. rfL spider.rider. Oj reader. 

Translate Par. 135, 136, 137, Lesson VIII. Translate Review 
words. 

Write m shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 









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Par. 119. dive, beef, pave, pin, pen, tin, ten, tan, Dan, den, chin, 
chain, gin, gain, can, keen, cone, rain, fan, vine, then, shine, lean, 
line, men, nine, hen, win (See Caution under Par. 115), leaf, laughs, 
lives, moves. 

Par. 120. (See Par. 46.) span, stain, scan, slain -(See Par. 105), 
strain, screen, straining, crave, drive, grove, brain, train’ twin, morn, 
Flinn, queen. 

Par. 121. sadden, sicken, seven, soften. 

Par. 122. caves, graves, grieves, dives, raves, mines, moans, fines, 
veins, lanes, earns. 

Par. 123. pins, spins, plans, scans, rains, runs, chins, drains, dens, 
gains, dance, danced, dances, glance, glanced. 

Par. 124. fancies, fenced, winces, fences. 

Par. 125. deacon, cheapen, robin, blacken, redden, hidden. Lyman, 
cannon, guidance, reckon, kitchen, barren. 

Par. 127. Minnie, Jennie, beefy, gravy, funny, honey, coffee. 

Par. 130. notion, nation, fashions, submission, addition, op¬ 
pression, visions, temptation, vacation. 

Par. 131. decision, musician, possession, taxation. 

Par. 132. musicians, possessions. 

Par. 135. patter, better, bitters, doctor, chatter, writer. 

Par. 136. lecture, departure. 

Par. 137. raider, spider, reader. 

Review, dive, dine, dives, dines, fence, fenced, fences, dance, 
danced, dances, rain, rainy, grave, gravy, fun, funny, physician, 
fashion, musician, motion, rebuff, cabin, Ben, Bennie, taxation, 
Arkansas, Dave, Dan, chin, China, men, many, move, love, lean, laugh, 
lain, leaf. 


LENGTHENING. 

138. Doubling the length of any curved stem adds ter, ther, dher or 
der. Doubling the length of any curved stem with a final hook, or 
any straight stem with a final hook adds ter, ther, dher or der. 


Lengthened Stems Named. 

139. Lengthened stems are Named or vowelized in a manner 
similar to full length stems, as follows: 

V^Feter. ^Veter. ^-\ Meter. v-'Neter or Nether.' s \ > Pen- 

ter.'N^Benter. ^^Refter.Wenter. ^Yender. «-> Grender 

or Grenter.-? Render, etc. 



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35 



Position of Lengthened Stems. 

140. “a” Position. 

“e” Position.. 

“i” Position 
“o” Position 


Manner of Reading Position Vowel. 

141. The position vowel is read in accordance with rules already 
given for full length stems, the ter, ther or der, added by lengthening 
being read last. 

Ex. Ma-ter, matter. \_Fi-ter, fighter. ^TLi-ter, lighter. 

.....'^La-ter, latter. ..(L^siF-ter, sifter. Fa-therly, fatherly. 

^ seN-der, sender.^ZZ\ sLi-ter, slighter. ./^Le-ter, letter. 

Translate Par. 141, Lesson IX. 

142. When a lengthened stem has initial or final hooks, these 
hooks are read in accordance with rules already given for full length 
stems, and the ter, ther or der is read After the Final hook. 

Ex. .^L. Fla-ter, flatter. ...^Fur-ther, further. SHel-ter, shelter. 

. Ten-derLy, tenderly. ^ZZZ^.'Ra.f-ter, rafter. Plan-ter, planter. 

Kon-ter, counter .sKwan-der, squander. Re- 

Grin-der, grinder. 


7 * 


Mander, remainder, sPlin-ter, splinter >c __ 
143. The s-circle adds s, and is read Last. 

Ex. matters. 


...Z. fighters . ZZ..... rafters. „2... _ slanders. 

squanders. yfZ?. cylinders. pointers. ..J. tenders. .{^.finders. 




Translate Par. 142, 143, Lesson IX. 

144. Care should be taken to write the ster-loop in such words 
as, masters, ministers,*^? plaster, moisture, etc. (See 
Par. 64.) 




























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145. The lengthening principle may be employed for the syllable 
lure provided the sign ^ or « be struck through the stem. 

Ex. natureSi ^ venture. furniture. curvature, 

mature. 


146. When L is the only consonant stem in a word, followed by 
der, this syllable is Always written When, however, L has an 
n or r-hook the stem may be lengthened for either ter, ther or der. 

leader. ladders, /^lenders. f^^Islanderxng. 


Ex. 


Translate Par. 144, 145, 146, Lesson IX. Translate Review words. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 141. mutter, fitter, father, latter, letter, neither, shatter, 
hither, metre, water, sifter, center, slighter. 

Par. 142. flutter, shrewder, painter, binder, render, kinder, 
fainter, finder, winter, grander. 

Par. 143. fighters, letters, centers, weathers, cinders, mutters, 
harder, grander, painters, genders, ganders, grinders, hinders, rafters. 

Par. 146. leaders, louder. 

Review, center, cinder, renders, rafters, planter, printers, tempter, 
counters, painter, matters, shutters, shattering, slighter. 


SHORTENING PRINCIPLE. 

147. Shortening or making a consonant stem One-Half the 
length of a Full Length stem adds either t or d. The stem may be 
simple, or may have initial or final circle, loop or hook. 

Shortened Stems Named or Vowelixed. 

148. Shortened stems are Named or vowelized in Precisely 
the same manner as full length stems, the t or d added by shortening 
being pronounced in the Same syllable with the shortened Stem. 

Ex. '\ Pet-d. \ Bet-d. | Tet-d. / CHet-d. / Jet-d. Met-d. 

Net-d. \jPets, Peds. \>Bets, Beds. Fets, Feds. \ Plet-d. 
\ Blet-d. f Delt-d. C Flet-d. \ Peft-d. V Beft-d. V Preft-d. 
'-iMent-d. ^ Went-d. y Jent-d. c—, Grent-d. 4 —? Glent-d. ^ sTrent-d, 

Name shortened stems, Par. 148, Lesson X, 








Crichton’s Phono-Syllabic Method 


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Manner of Reading Position Vowel. 

149. When a shortened stem stands alone or begins a word, the 
position vowel is read in accordance with rules already given for full 
length stems, the t or d added by shortening being pronounced in the 
Same Syllable with shortened stem. 

Ex. A. pat. pit. bet. debt, dead. 2 . gnat. 2 .. plate. blot. 
.. 1 . trade, . 4 .. tried. J... tent-d. spot. saved. sent. X. stepped. 
°)... start. X. dealt. _T.. straight. sobered. A. ward. told. 2. heart. 
. hold. X. street. twit. stitched. settled. 

150. When there is a final hook, this hook is Always read Before 
the t or d added by shortening. 

Ex. ..J.. tent, tend. ,\^ bind. J.. dent. print. fashioned. mo¬ 
tioned. bothered. want. 1.. strand. A... sprained. £. sustained. 


3 \. 


X. puffed? 2. paved. Q,. flint. 5L. friend. ^2. clattered.. glittered. 
*2. quaint. .1. trained. %. proved. drift. A. plant. 

Translate Par. 149, 150, Lesson X. 

151. The final circle is read Last. Caution. Note that words 
ending with st are written with the st-loop, those ending with ts are 
written with the shortening principle. 

_o 

Ex. _ cats. 

.jfilist. ^ mits. mist. ^ goats. . . ghost. A?... pats. '2. past. 

A. plants, fti.. bends. J?. wants. <2. rents, rends. drifts. .%. streets. 
<g.. strides. A., brained. 2. lends, ^rounds. 

Translate Par. 151, Lesson X. 

152. When standing alone, without initial or final hook, Le and 
Re are shortened to add t Only. When d follows, the stem sign for 
D must be written. 

Ex. /^|..„ lied.^j... slide.^x.ride. loud ..!. lad. 

153. Wheu there is an initial or final hook, Le or Re may be 
shortened for either t or d. 

Ex. s?..rent, rend. <2. lent, lend.fi... lint, lined. <2.. learned. C’.Aand. 
...._ rolled. lord. 


cast. A mats. AA. mast ..™. bats, A?.. based, fi. lights. 


points. 




















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154. Should it be necessary to distinguish between such words as 
bat and bad, sent and send, coat and code, etc., the stem is shortened 
to add t, and the stem sign is written to add d. 


Ex. 




bad . coat. 


...... code. sent. Q ^i. send. ^... pat. 


.. bat. ^.. 

.. J pad, paid. 

155. When T or D is followed by a vowel, the stem sign is written. 
This vowel is understood to be i or y, unless written with its tick sign. 


V 


Ex. N*. beauty. .V pity. pitiful. jn plenty. ^ plentiful. _ notice. 
j bestow] I 1 r 


1 t 




156. The stem sign is written when T or D is preceded by two 
concurrent vowels, as in the words, A. diet,y^j... riot. 

Translate Par. 152, 153, 154, 155,| Lesson X. Translate Review 
words. 


Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 149. pit, pot, boat, debt, died, cheat, jot, cat, goat, vat, that, 
moat, gnat, net, write, soft, sift, sent, stabbed, stemmed, plot, braid, 
trade, tread, trod, hold, fright, flight 

Par. 150. puffed, penned, band, bound, bind, land, lined, rent, 
round, faint, find, fashioned, bothered, drift, trained, brained, cleaned, 
grind. 

Par. 151. pats, pets, dots, cheats, kites, fights, vats, gnats, nights, 
writes, pleads, treats, flats, freights, binds, paints, tints, finds, faints, 
tents, brands, minds. 

Caution, Par. 151. cats, cast, lights, list, past, waits, waist, bets, 
best, lots, lost, jets, jest, rats, raced, plats, placed, traits, traced. 

Par. 152. load, raid, rode, read. 

Par. 154. paid, bed, goad, code. 

Par. 155. beauty, putty, notice, ladies. 

Review, boat, bite, bait, bad, cot, coat, rot, rode, late, layed, bets, 
best, plant, print, went, bands, mats, mast, light, lied, friend, tent, 
tints, dent, find, faint, vent, hunt, might, minds, mits, mist. 


SYLLABICATION OF SHORTENED STEMS. 

157. When a simple shortened stem does not Beqin the word 
it is generally pronounced in the same syllable with the preceding 





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stem. Note. By a simple stem is meant a stem without initial or final 
circle or hook. 

Ex. ^.pacht, patched. timd, timed. ...iodremd, dreamed. 

....^trimd, trimmed, ^^.nokt, knocked!^ precht, preached. Y..... stript, 
stripped. skremd, screamed. \ bakt, baked. ...k_ trapt, trapped. 
.\.drapt, draped. ..S... skwald, squalled. ekwipt, equipped. 

.markt, marked, stormd, stormed. A... strecht, stretched. 

-flamd, flamed .blamd, blamed, To, stremd, streamed. 

158. Occasionally the simple shortened stem is called by name as 
per Par. 148. If its vowel is considered very important it may be 
written with its tick sign. When the vowel is not written, the short¬ 
ened stem is pronounced as per Par. 148. 

rv 

Ex. .j^Ti-Med, timid. Bu-Ket, bucket. zz. Bra-Ket, bracket. 

.<^Re-Vud, reviewedr\$s.. Re-Mot, remote. .. Ko-Ped, copied. 

Re-Pet, repeat. 

159. When the shortened stem can not be pronounced in the 
same syllable with the preceding consonant as in Par. 157, it must 
be called by name as per Par. 148. If its vowel is important it may 
be written with its tick .sign. 

Ex..J_Dis-Mad, dismayed. \u. Ple-seNt, pleasant. De-Pend, 

depend^ Ka-Beld, cabled^Z... Ha-Gerd, haggard. Re-Gret, 

regret. Tru-Beld, troubled Lj? .Pa-Tent, patent. 'C^La-Ment, 

lament. ^^Mo-Ment, moment. _;/J3HiP-Ment8, shipments. Dar- 
Kend, darkened. L^.. De-Mand, demand7\p>. Re-Mind, remind. Fri- 
Tend, frightened. -<^3rRe-Tand, retained. Szl. Re-Gand, regained. 
.....’^Wi-Geld, wiggled. . Pa-Perd, papered. sZzZ Re-Klind, reclined 
Res-Trand, restrained. 

Translate Par. 157, 158, 159, Lesson XI. 

160. In most words, the syllable Following a shortened stem, 
is either a vowel, or begins with a vowel. Short e is always sup¬ 
plied when this vowel is not written. 


























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Ex. Band-eJ, bandage. Vit-e-Ly, vitally. ..^Mot-eV , 
motive. .^XZl^TaRt-eL-e-Ry, artillery. seNt-e-Ment, sentiment. 
-S Kat-P-Left, catalogue. Pot-e-Ry, pottery. .^But-e-Fy, 
beautify .Kot-eJ, cottage. ..j. Tot-eL, total.{Z... CHat-eL, chattel. 

L Det-eKt^ detect. ..J. Det-eCTt, detached. ^2.. Lat-e-Tud, latitude. 

.^Vind-e-Ket, vindicate .Kont-e-Nents,j continents. "JL Kand-e- 

Det, candidate. ^^Le-Jet-e-Slet, legitimate. X^aTraKt-eV, attract¬ 
ive .. Bond-eJ, bondage. 

161 f The syllable ted is written I , and ded is written I . When 
these signs can not be joined to the preceding stem they are dis¬ 
joined. ^ 

Ex. noted, X... wanted. _ f... handed. .X branded. f\. printed. 

^..listed. ...r. stranded. counted.trusted . < ™ Si >. goaded, r... blasted, 
fainted. ..^adjusted. .1^. treated.2..\ waited.22.1 hated. ..If. dread- 
emitted. 

Translate Par. 160, 161, Lesson XI. 

162. Shortened Le is written for the syllables let and led, and 
shortened eL for the syllables elt and eld. See Par. 67. 

Ex. '^pulled.\c pullet. \^billed.' s S£bullet. {...bailed. X. failed, 
felt paled. 

163. Shortened Re is written for the syllables ret and red, and 
shortened eR for the syllables ert and erd. (See Par. 67.) For either 
of the above syllables / is written after K,.G, and F. i 

Ex. garret. Lf. turret. married. .ZXbarred. ._S tart. car¬ 
ried. firedKs.. feared. 

Ib4. A shortened stem can not be joined to a full length stem un¬ 
less there is a distinct angle at the point of joining. Write the stem 
for T or D. , 

.fszzzzj*. liked. ^ ^ 


Ex. 


. slacked. . IL cooked. 


vacate 




bribed. _ I. leaked. 


















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41 


165. When the present tense of a regular verb ends with a length¬ 
ened stem, ses-circle or ster-loop, the past tense is written by adding 
the stem sign for T or D. When the stem can not be conveniently 
joined it may be disjoined. 

Ex. hindered. rendered. ..^1... plastered. 




sessed. -...... matured. 


T 


pos- 


166. After the sliun-hook, shortened S is written upward for st. 
Ex. factionist. elocutionist. 

Translate Par. 162, 163, 164, 165, Lesson XI. 


Ex. 


ABBREVIATED OUTLINES. 

167. When it is inconvenient to write the sign/"—s or / for H, 
this letter may be omitted, or written with a small dot, placed to the 
side of the stem. 

o^™^. prohibit. ( \^r)Z^perhaps/^. or^J.. habitation. 

• 168. Words beginning with wh as when, whale, etc., are pro¬ 
nounced hwal, hwen, etc. The h may be omitted. 

Ex. whenf\}... whale. I^zr..... whack. ^ white. whip. < D.. wheel. 

169. In addition to the stem signs for W and Y, brief signs for 
these letters are frequently employed. The brief signs for W are 
C Thoid and ° Soid. The brief signs for Y are ^ Noid and 


o Moid^. See Par. 12. 
Ex. v s-l.. Washington. 




t 

waft . U tica. 


watchful, .^jvife 

170. Final ly and ry are frequently written with an l or r-hook on 
the stem immediately preceding these syllables. If preferred the final 
y may be written with its tick sign. 

Ex. , 5 ^- or calmly. <3^.... or meanly, 

lonely. or-CX-^.. Henry. bakery, 

chiefly. or <d~si..seminary. 

171. Final ty may be written by shortening the stem before this 
syllable. 


or .. 
. rf.... or 


















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Ex. or^I^credibility. .j£... ov'fy^.utility. 


Translate Par. 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, Lesson XI. 


or. locality. 


172. Negatives beginning with un are frequently written with the 
stem N, omitting initial u. 

Ex. unnatural. unavoidable. ^z^^Cxintimely. .^f. 

unsettled. «L 

173. Positive words beginning with M, N, L, and R form their 
negatives by prefixing tick when the negative begins with e or i. 

Ex. innoxious. illegitimate, illicit . im¬ 
material. . . irremovable. 4^....... irresistible. 


Translate Par. f73, Lesson XI. Translate Review words. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 157. ticked, tacked, picked, backed, trimmed, gleamed, drug¬ 
ged, timed, deemed, grasped, clasped, felt, wrecked, paled, drenched. 

Par. 158. timid, copied, reviewed. 

Par. 159. recent, basket, tabled, tapered, depend, repent, cheap¬ 
ened, lament, ferment, treatment, blackened, darkened, moment, hag¬ 
gard, wiggled, demand. 

Par. 160. native, title, fatal, bondage, cottage, chattel, battery, 
catalog, sentiment, bandage, frantic, continents, detect, attractive. 

Par. 161. patted, beaded, cheated, jaded, goaded, noted, wasted, 
trusted, blasted, rested, crated, printed, planted, graded, granted, 
wanted, treated, waited, deeded, dotted, trotted. 

Par. 162. pullet, pulled, ballad, bailed, millet, mallet, toiled. 

Par. 163. Barrett, buried, barred, married, tarred, fort, carried. 

Par. 164. cracked, flocked, locked, bribed. 

Par. 165. ministered, rendered, blundered, possessed, mastered. 

Par. 167. habitation, perhaps, prohibition. 

Par. 168. wheels, whack, whales, wheat, white. 

Par. 169. wages, witches, wake, weave, waft, wife. 

kingly, finally, bakery, slippery, trickery, finery, 
liberty, debility, faculty, utility, 
moral, immoral, licit, illicit, legible, illegible. 

Review, deemed, trimmed, fumed, jammed, barred, liked, wanted, 
painted, deeded, trapped, wages, cheated, scented, counted, lamenting, 
fermenting, lamented, blasted. 


Par. 170. 
Par. 171. 
Par. 173. 






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43 


INITIAL VOWELS. 

174. A tick sign, struck at right angles to the stem is written for 
a. The same tick is shaded for o. (See Par 31.) 

175. An inclined tick, thus, n / is written for e or i. The sign, 
un is written for u. Before M, c is written n Poid, and i is written 
/ CHoid. Ex.v-'n em. ^ im. 


When the Initial Vowel i« Joined to the Stem. 

176. Words of one syllable beginning with a vowel are written in 
the position of this vowel, and it is Joined to the stem. 

. Ex. add. .^Cash. 71^. am . ache. 1 Ed. 7 . etch 7 edge 

1 cats. trrr. egg. eyed. jf... itch \rif.y? ills. oath .... oak up 
D- us. inch. ...tZ^imp. V 

177. When the vowel that follows a single stem word is not the 

same as the one preceding, the stem takes the position of the vowel 
that follows. ^ ^ 

Ex. Eva. x....Ida. Z . Emma. ^..Addie. . echo. ....era. 

178. When a word of two or more stems, being pronounecd With¬ 
out its initial vowel, is not suggestive, this vowel must Invariably 
be joined to the stem. When the vowel is joined in accord¬ 
ance with the foregoing rule, the word is generally written in the 
position of the vowel following the second consonant in the word. 
That is to say, the second syllable is written in the position it would 
occupy if the first syllable were omitted. 

Ex. .un-tie. en-tice.\7f^.... in-famous. ad-missiqn. 

7. in-justice. ~h/7ad-eouatelu. 1 . A ad-miral. *ZZZ>^im-perative. 

in-clined. 


..J^ in-justice. ^7..ad-equately. ad-miral. 

.in-dication. ...1 out-side. un-tutor ed. 



en-closed. 


,r 


im-patiejit. 


^ in-vitation. Ar^r.. ob-scure. 

^s^r. up-lift. out-live . t... en-trance. <L..„ ad-equate. ^ 3 

ograph. em-inent. imm-ineht. 


1.. aut- 


Note. If the student will attempt to pronounce the words in the 
foregoing examples Without the initial vowel, the importance of 
writing this vowel will be clearly understood. 





















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When the Initial Vowel is Not Joined. 

179. There are many words in which the initial vowel is of little 
or no practical value. In writing such words, therefore, the initial 
vowel is generally disregarded, or written with its tick sign, inva¬ 
riably Disjoined. (See Par. 33, 34.) 


180. In order to decide whether or not the initial vowel should be 
written, a good plan is to pronounce the word Without this vowel. 
If such pronunciation suggests the word, the vowel may safely be 
omitted. For instance, bility, greement, nouncement, breviate, 
lectricity, conomy, feminate, fectionately, suggest perfectly the words 
ability, agreement, announcement, abbreviate, electricity, economy, 
effeminate, affectionately. 

Ex. b.attainment.y^obedient.<s}sr<Sagreement. (See Par. 108.) 
4 ts=«2 Yaffectiomtely. abusing, enough. away' Ka- 

shun, occasion. equator. c zo^e^ipment.^L attachment. 

181. From the foregoing explanations and examples it will be 
seen that there are two conditions under which the initial vowel is 
always joined to the stem. 

First. When the word is accented on the first syllable. 

Second. When the initial vowel is immediately followed by two 
consonants, each of which is in a separate syllable. 

Under all other conditions the initial vowel is generally disregarded. 

Translate Lesson XII, reading carefully paragraphs referred to 
before translating. Observe that the initial vowel is almost in¬ 
variably written before M and N. 


Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 176. at, aim, ache, eat, each, itch, in, if, eyed, odd, off, us, up. 

Par. 177. Eva, Ida, echo, Addie. 

Par. 178. impartial, entering, enjoy, invade, invitation, intimacy, 
admiral, umpire, entitle, invoice, entice, engraving, enclose, outset, 
entertain. 

Par. 180. addition, avoidance, academy, official, America, ejec¬ 
tion, attaining, enough, effective, affliction, attachment, occasion, 
equator, abusing. 

Review. Eve, Eva, eyed, Ida, office, entail, eminent, imminent, odd, 









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45 


add, Ed, it, eat, aid, ache, it, Ann, in, interview, inducement, engine, 
admission, engagement, enjoyment, end, aimed, if, improve, im¬ 
perative, enterprise. 


PREFIXES. 

182. A dot is written for the syllables con,•com, cum and cog. 

Ex. ..(^c onfine . A. contain. .1. content. .Al?contractionALr^.. con¬ 
structed. {^onvince. convinces. conversation. Ss^> conversion, 

•compromise 
.^/c&ksider. 


commercial. 


. cumbersome. '^^compliments. 


Translate Par. 182, Lesson XIII. 


183. In the middle of words the dot is omitted and the foregoing 
syllables are implied, by writing the part of the outline that comes 
After the omitted syllable, near the part that precedes. 

Ex. recompense.reconstruction.^consideration. 

[,^.decomposition.'<K^precognition . ^.^discontinue,reconcile. 

^Qunconditional.^^incompetent. uncon fined.circum¬ 

ference. they complain.^S.^... we commit. 

184. The a or e tick is written when a or the comes before the 
foregoing syllables. 

Ex. !>.. a complaint.'\Ahe compliment. \^a, compliment. ..J^. the 
condition. .J^a condition. composition. the conversation, 

conversation ^ 

Translate Par. 183, 184, Lesson XIII. 

185. The s-circle, written on the line, and close to the following 
stem is self. When followed by a downstroke, the circle may be 
joined to the stem. 

reliance. 


,<r^ 


pEx. o^^^.self-righteousness. <?.. selfsame. 

o-L- self-satisfied, q/^w self-love. self-respect. Q.^&elf-possession. 

... <1 selfishness. Q\^self-confident. self-command. .Q.£ self-con¬ 
tained. q.. L-.. self-convicted. 














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186. For is written ^ As a prefix is written in the position 
of the second part of the compound. It is frequently disjoined for fore. 

Ex. foraot. forget, {^forbid. 
2^J^rbearanc2 : !^C>forearm2^!.. forecast. 

Translate Par. 185, 186, Lesson XIII. 


forgive. Sn.— forgave. 


187. Disjoined, is written for the syllables magna, magne, 
magni. Words beginning with magna are written in the a position; 
magne in the e position; and magni in the i position. 

Ex... magnanimous. ..L™. magnetic. magnificent. 

^magnify. magnitude. 

188. When standing alone, with is written, . As a prefix, ( 
takes the position/of the second syllable in the word. 

Ex. with/ 2withstand, .(p withstood. within. withhold, 

scswithheld. ...j withdraw, .(j. withdrew. ^ 

Translate Par. 187, 188, Lesson XIII Translate Review words. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 182. contain, confine, confusion, contract, converse, consented, 
confirm, congress, conquer, consist, construe, contact, consumption, 
contest, contrary, convene, contribute, contrive, contrast, convince 
convent, continue. > 

combat, comply, commence, commit, compact, compile, com¬ 
petent, compassion, complete, compose, complimented. 

Par. 183. discontent, recompense, .decompose, unconfined, uncon¬ 
firmed, unconscious, inconstant, uncombined. 

Par. 184. the condition, a condition, a complaint, the complaint 
the confidence. ’ 

Par. 185. selfsame, self-love, self-knowledge, self-confident, self- 
righteousness, self-interest, self-respect. 

Par. 186. forbear, forgive, forget, forward, forbid, forsake. 

Par. 187. magnetic, magnesia, magnitude, magnificent. 

Par 188. withdrawn, withstand, withstood, withal, withheld. 

Review confine, complaining, containing, confusion, commander, 
complex, complication, a condition, the condition, self-love, self-satis¬ 
faction, forbade, forbid, forbear, the compliment, withheld, self- 
nghtcousness, inconstant, combat, a composition. 









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47 


SUFFIXES. 

189. The stem\ is written for ble or bly when the sign can 
not be conveniently joined to the preceding part of the word, 

.Ex. .. sensible-y. . fashionable-y . dependablc-y. 

.\attainable-y lamentable-y reasonable-y>..^... forcible-y. 

190 Disjoined^, is bleness. ^ 

Ex reasonableness.serviceableness. salableness, 

n — \>agreeableuess . £\a.. suitableness. 

Translate Par 189, 190, Lesson XTV 
19 L Disjoined r is lessness. 

Ex. ..... gracelessness . artlessness. 

...^222uselessness.restlessness. 


.... carelessness. 
l. thoughtlessness. 

192. Disjoined is iveness. * 

Ex NsSwa abusiveness. J..S attentiveness . )?attractiveness. 

Translate Par. 191, 192, Lesson XIV 

193 Disjoined^ is fulness. 9 

Ex .X_. thoughtfulness. artfulness. £Lp. usefulness. .W... 
watchfulness. 

194. is written for form. 

Ex. 2^^^)erform?^^^ inform.reformed. ..S*^ platform. 
Translate Par. 193, 194, Lesson XIV. 

195. After shortened P, B, M, H, T, and D, and after the ster- 
loop, or wherever it is inconvenient to write the stem sign for ing, 
a small dot may be written. The s-circle is written for ings. 

“.... dating. 2r... patting . holding. Si.. buildings. 

i trusting. .^ costing. 

196. The ing dot is also frequently written when the syllable pre¬ 
ceding ends with jivowel. ^ 

Ex. A.trying. ....?. spraying. 1(2..... delaying/..'., obeying. Q.. flying. 
Translate Par. 195, 196, Lesson XIV. 


Ex. \.. building. 

» meetings.*2222. mastering. *222:plastering. ..'1 \ 

















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Crichton’s Phono-Syllabic Method 


197. Disjoined is written for mental or mentality. When dis¬ 
tinction between these two suffixes is desired, mental may be written in 
the “e” position, and mentality in the “a” position. 

Ex. instrumental. 1^?.... instrumentality. monumental. 

5*2.0. fundamental. 



199. The s-circle may be written for self and the ses-circle for 
selves. / 

Ex. myself. .._ thyself, (q.. themselves. 

Translate Par. 197, 198, 199, Lesson XIV. Translate Review 
words. 

Write in shorthand the following words, reading carefully paragraph 
referred to before translating. 

Par. 189. demandable, insensible, permissible, attainable, fashion¬ 
able, invisible, sensible. 

Par. 190. reasonableness, serviceableness, salableness, peaceable¬ 
ness, seasonableness, credibleness, affableness. 

Par. 191. matchlessness, shamelessness, fearlessness, heedlessness, 
carelessness, boundlessness, recklessness, harmlessness, thoughtlessness. 

Par. 192. attentiveness, abusiveness, constructiveness, con¬ 
duciveness. 

Par. 193. thoughtfulness, carefulness, peacefulness, dread fulness, 
hurtfulness, harmfulness, sinfulness, wastefulness, wakefulness, grace¬ 
fulness, faithfulness, restfulness. 

Par. 194. perform, platform, reformation, reformed. 

Par. 195. patting, betting, mating, hitting, treating, trotting, 
dreading, fasting, lasting, trusting, mastering, meetings, holdings. 

Par. 196. praying, drying, straying, flowing, freeing. 

Par. 197. sentimental, regimental, instrumental. 

Par. 199. kingship, lordship, partnership, ownership. 

Review, breeding, twisting, plastering, trying, demandable, peace¬ 
fulness, abusiveness, thoughtlessness, platform, information, grace¬ 
lessness, attentiveness, joylessness, meetings, clerkship, fellowship. 




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49 


PHRASING. 


200. Joining two or more words without changing their original 
consonant outline, is the simplest form of phrase writing. 

The first word in phrases of this character is written in its correct 
vowel position, the words following being joined in their natural 
order. These words do not, of course, occupy their correct vowel 
position. If, however, the outlines be syllabized in accordance with 
rules already given, little difficulty will be experienced in reading 
phrases. 

Ex.*V*:.WeReseVd, we received. .iN-DHes-Meter, in this 

e-seD, may he said. .C^rrTKwit 
eNy WeKs, 

many weeks. Ma-Be-fcled, may he glad. v. Bi-DHe6~Tem, hy this 
time. . 4 . Tris DHet, tries that. 


matter. N^Bi-DHet, hy that.22^. Ma-Be 
seRteN, quite certain. DHis-Tem, this timers*? 




Modified Consonants in Phrase Writing. 


201. As has already been explained in previous lessons, the circles, 
loops, hooks, and other modified or shortened consonants are written 
for letters. In phrase writing these same circles, loops, hooks, etc., 
are also written for words. They bear the same relation to the stem 
in phrase writing as they do in word writing—that is to say, they 
are read in the same order. For instance, in writing words, the 
s-circle is written for s, the l-hook is written for l, etc. Now since s 
is the only consonant in the words as and is, either of these words 
may be added by the s-circle. 'Ex.^.she is. Likewise the only con¬ 
sonant in the word all is l. Therefore, all may be added by the l-hook. 
Ex. ..Sy.. hy all. r is the only consonant in the word our. Therefore 
our may be added by the r-hook. Ex. ^ hy our. The only consonants 
in the word not are n and t. Therefore not may be added by the 
n-hook and shortening. Ex. hy not. In a manner similar to the 
foregoing illustrations all other modified consonants are employed in 
phrase writing. 


Explicit Rules for the Use of the Circles, Loops, Hooks, Etc., 

In Phrase Writing. 

202. 2. as or has. ...... is or his. .<?... us. 2... as the-it . has the-it. 

O /9 /<) 












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203. The s-circle adds either as, has, is, his, or us. 

Ex. \^by as-his-us. CL may as-his. —know as-his-us. 9^ she is. 
try hls-as-us. .r? get his-as. CP., meet his-as-us. dc after his-us. 
1.. see as-his-us. 

204. When a word or phrase ends with an s-circle, the circle is 
changed to an st-loop to add the, to or it. 

Ex. 
the-it. 


' Zj? 


_ knows it. tries it.<zC.she is the. buys Ihe-it.C^t^enters 


205. When a word ends with an s-circle, the circle is changed to 
ster-loop to add there, their, or they are. It is changed to ses-circle to 
add as, has, is or his. 

Ex. knows their. takes their. unless they are. ..\^ buys 
his-as. v ^p. knows his. <)... sees his. 

Translate Par. 202, 203, 204, 205, Lesson XV. 

206. The l-hook adds all or will. 

Ex. C? she' will, in all. < zS.... we will. .1 do all . at all. CL may 

all . know all. 

207. The r-hook adds are or our. 

Ex. “Xy by our. t ^ in our. we are. .1. do our. *I}may our. 

208. The ter-hook or lengthening adds their, there, or they are. 

Ex. \by their. know their-re. .\been there. _.,. going 

there. 2..^.^ ... seeing their. .. J... do their. .. from there. 

209. The n-liook and lengthening addsiano^er. 

Ex. in another. \^by another. JL had another. 

Translate Par. 206, 207, 2^8, 209, Lesson XV. 

210. Shortening adds the, it, to, had, or would. 

j Ex. .\by the-it. TV. we would-had . may the-it. \^.in the-it. 

— had the-it . L do the-it. know the-it. ..r^L should the-it. 

211 . Shortening and the s-circle adds its. 

Ex. by its. C! may its. in its. ..C shall its ....... had its.do its. 












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51 


212 . Shortening and the n-hooic adds not. 

Ex. y. by not. .Z. shall not. Z. may not. J... had not. ..j.. did not. 
Translate Par. 210, 211, 212, Lesson XV. 


213. The f-hook adds of or have. A large final hook, similar to 
the shun-hook, may be written on curved stems for have. 

Ex. day of. side of. ^we have. they have. Z!. shall have. 

214. An n-hook may be turned in the f-hook on curved stems 
for been. 

Ex. we have been. fZ.they have been. Z?.. shall have been. 
Translate Par. 213, 214, Lesson XV. 

Tick Signs in Phrase Writing. 

215. .2. and a. Z. and the. of the. 4r... of a. ^ on the. x ... on a. 

to the. .y to a. Z.I. .s.. of. .?... on. of his. Zand as. Z.as a. 

-jj. and is. is a. I have. Z.. I will. !Z. I will not. &l of all. fZ.I 
have not. Note. The sign for “I will’’ is written upward. 

216. The a tick is written for final a or an. The e tick is written 
for final the. The tick sign */ or 's is written initially for either 1 
or of. 

Ex. from a. Cb. meet a. O' meet the. bind a. bind the. 
enter a: s.—^ enter the. -tZZZ... render the. <zZZ... render a.~~~l 
If now. iL.of this. shall. -w.. I knew. i^.. of my. 

Translate Par. 215, 216, Lesson XV. 


217. We may be written in any part of a phrase with c o r 3 
You or your may be written with u or n . ^ 

Ex. ^™_. we know. ..j.. did we. .Z.shall we . we shall ........j you know. 

know your. in your. by your. ZZ... you may. ZZ. may you. 


2i8. All of the foregoing principle's may be combined in forming 
phrases. 


Ex. by all his. by ours. <^i. in ours. in all his. ^, . 1 

know there is. ..g. side of its. in all their.of course there is. 
Translate Par. 217, 218“, Lesson 15. Translate Eeview words. 




















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Memorize the word signs on line one, Lesson 15. 

Par. 201-202, is, as, has the, is the, as it is, is there as, is there, 
has there,' is his, has his. 

Par. 203. did his, do his, by his, should his, were his, where is, may 
his, at his, what is. 

Par. 204. knows it, tries it, buys it. 

Par. 205. tries there, goes there, what is there. 

Par. 206. from all, where will, which will, by all, do all, had all. 

Par. 207. by our, in our, which are, did our, should our. 

Par. 208. were there, at there, which there, know there. 

Par. 209. in another, shall another, were another. 

Par. 210. had the, did the, may it, from it, for the, by it. 

Par. 211. were its, shall its, at its, in its, from its, do its, had its. 

Par. 212. may not, for not, do not, did not, were not. 

Par. 213. day of, may have, should have. 

Par. 214. may have been, should have been. 

Par. 215. and a, and as, and as the, and is, of the, of a, I will, I 
have, to, to our, to ours. 

Par. 216. do a, did a, shall a, at a, for a, not the, not a, enter the, 
enter a, I shall, I may, I know, of my, of course. 

Par. 217. we do, for we, in your, which we, which you. 

Par. 218. shall all his, what are his, for all his, I did not know. 

Review, he is, of the, on the, of a, on all, to our, to all, and the, 
of all, I will, I have, from its, had not, do not, had all, for all, for 
our, shall our, as the, is the, shall have been, shall its, shall not, 
shall have, had there, what there or their. 


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Lesson III. 


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Lesson IV. 






































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Lesson V. 


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Lesson VI. 


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Lesson VII. 


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60 


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Lesson VIII. 


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Lesson XIII. 


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Lesson XIV. 


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Lesson XV. 


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68 


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WORD SIGNS 

It will be found that the most important consonants in a word 
are generally represented in its word sign, and that it is almost 
invariably written in its correct vowel position. If, therefore, 
the outline be syllabized in accordance with rules already given, 
and its consonants pronounced with the position vowel, the labor 
of mastering word signs will be greatly lessened. P'or instance, 
.X. suB, for subject; ReG, for regular PreLem, for pre¬ 

liminary; Xtj.. aR-KaTe, for architect; Part, for particular , 
etc. 

In the body of a sentence, as will be seen from the following 
examples, the above method of syllabication will almost in¬ 
variably suggest the word. (Word signs are italicized.) 

Ex. The ins policy was written last Nov. We will endev to 
take the prelem examination. It ’l be impos for me to write a 
complete skripshun of what I heard last Feb. He is a reg mem¬ 
ber of the society. This is a most import sub. I would sujest 
that u see Guv. Smith immedly. A sert of good elth was giv 
him by Dr. Wilson. I di'stly stated that we shall manf many 
useful articles. It is impos to remem all the good ings that he 
told us. I would sujest that u endev to speak more distly, kas 
we can not nderstand *f of what u say. Nev neg to perfm your 
duty. 


able 


at 
aught 


uuie v <— nugiu, 

above .,...N... authority 

according i >— antKnrSvo 


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authorize 
awe . 


according 
advantage / 

advertise . 

affect 

again bankrupt 

almost „...rrrr>.J. bankruptcy 

already baptism 

altogether • because 

among. become . 

an-and before 

another v. ^ began - 

any . \^/.. . begin. 

are-our begun 

architecture '-. o ) belief-ve 

as-has .I. between 

astonish-ed beyond 




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69 


brother 

brother-in-law 

but 




c. 


capable 

certificate 

children 


characteristic^ 

circumstances 

citizen 



collect 

come . 

company c 

correct 

could. 

county <r ~ 


D. 

December I I or I 

defendant . 

degree 

deliver-y P | 

democracy .I. 

democrat-ic 

describe * _ _ j 

description .... V V....AA.. 

develop ' ^ \ 

did , 

differ-ence-ent ...j.J.J-rr... 

difficulty * v 

discriminate , » I 

distinct.I. 

doctrine - 0 J 

dollar j I 1 

domestic.Orr..1. 

during 

E. 

each / 

effect-. 

endeavor 


establish-ed 

ever. 

every-very 

experience 

extraordinary 

extravagant 


V 

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k.JU 


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fact 

familiar ... 
familiarity 

February 

first.. 

for 



form 

frequent 

from 




G. 

general-ly / y 

gentleman . s/.. 

gentlemen 


given 

govern ....- 
government 


governor 
Great Britain 





had 

half 

have 





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health-y .1. 
hear-re 


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I. 

immediate 
importance-t 
impossible 

indispensable-y 02 _> 

influence . 

intelligence 

intelligently 

insurance .. 

is-his ' 

J 

January 
Junior (Jr.)., 
knew 




L. 

language w 

lengthy ./......71...../X. 

legislature 

legislator _ 

long .. 

M. 

manufacture/ 
manufacturer 
Massachusetts 
memoranda ,—^^ 

memorandum . 

misplaced ^ 

movement -—. 

Mr. 

N. 

neglect 
never . 
new 


New York 

next . 

no, sir 


0 "'“ 


November 

now ..JS,, 

number 


O. 

O, oh, owe 

owing . /. .. 

owed 


. 7 . 

object v o 

observation ... 

of \ 


opinion 
opportunity 

or . 

other 

our-are ^ 

over .. 

ownership 




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part 

parted .... 
particular 

peculiar 
peculiarity 
perform 

phonography 

popular-ity . . 

possible-y Vj> 

practical-ly 
preliminary 
principal-le 
privilege 
probable-y 
probability 

proportion 
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71 


qualify 

quality 

quarter 



R. 



recollect 
refer-ence 
regularity 
remark 


represent 
representative 
responsible-y 
responsibility 
Reverend 
Roman Catholic 

San Francisco ^ 9 — J> 

satisfactory .... 

satisfaction 
September « c 

several .. 

shall 

should j n 

signify ... L....0 « 

signification 
similar ^^ 

similarity ..yrrrx,. 

singular u I 

somewhat (° (° 

Southern . jO V*.. 

Southern States 

subject o Q /° 

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would-we 




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yet . 

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youthful 

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Imaginary Letter. 


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Business Phrases. 


75 


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Business Letters. 


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81 


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83 



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85 


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Declaration of Independence. 
























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87 


















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80 
































90 


Crichton’s Phono-Syllabic Method 


IMAGINARY LETTER 

(See page 72 for Shorthand.) 

The following “Imaginary Letter” contains all important word 
signs, and affords a most interesting means of mastering them. 
It should be written and re-written until it can be taken from 
dictation at the rate of fifty or sixty words a minute. (See page 
— for shorthand). 

Dear Sir:—When Mr. Jackson, a young gentleman from Great 
Britain, arrived in New York last February, for the purpose of 
collecting memoranda of the institutions of the United States, 
he immediately visited the office of a well-known architect. It 
was his endeavor to secure all possible information concerning 
the extraordinary architectural buildings of the city. These, 
he had been told, were quite indispensable to the growth of any 
large American City. He next went to Massachusetts, that he 
might become familiar with the methods generally employed by 
leading manufacturers of that section of the country. He was 
astonished to hear that it was usually very difficult to manufac¬ 
ture goods of the quality required by the citizens of this republic. 
As the Legislature was in session at this time, he made several 
special trips to the Capitol, where he had the pleasure of meet¬ 
ing the Governor and a number of well-known representatives. 

At the request of a friend, he was invited to visit Washington, 
and given the privilege of hearing all important discussions in 
the United States Senate. His perfect familiarity with public 
questions gave him an important advantage in understanding the 
peculiar circumstances governing the Democrats. He soon learned 
that Democratic principles were becoming very popular with the 
people in every quarter of the United States of America. 

His desire to form a correct estimate of the Southern States, 
of which he had heard so many different descriptions, led him to 
make a lengthy trip to the southern part of the country. As 
he passed from county to county, he found it almost impossible 
to record in his memorandum book the resources of each. His 
preliminary observations probably would not have been satisfac¬ 
tory to the distinguished gentlemen who were with him. How¬ 
ever, at the suggestion of one member of the party, he at once 
began to discriminate between the general characteristics of the 
principal districts. His long practical experience would fre¬ 
quently astonish the youth of the country, to whom he spoke at 
every opportunity, because of his firm belief in the singular ef- 


Crichton’s Phono-Syllabic Method 


91 


feet his remarks always had on people of intelligence. Even 
very young children usually understood his remarks perfectly. 

During his short stay in the city he became interested in the 
defendant in a bankruptcy case. After the lawyer had begun to 
cross-examine the witness, the Judge was compelled to exercise his 
authority to maintain order in the Court. Since it was quite 
probable that he would deliver a charge to the gentlemen of the 
jury with reference to the bankrupt law that should govern the 
case, a movement was made to carry the case over according to 
regular rules. 

Owing to the fact that it was now September, and he was to 
be in San Francisco by November, it was absolutely necessary 
for him to begin his journey at once. The first thing of import¬ 
ance was, of course, to purchase an insurance policy, on delivery 
of a health certificate, which had been misplaced. While on the 
train he became deeply interested in a conversation between Dr. 
Harrison and a friend, on the subject of the Roman Catholic re¬ 
ligion. 

“Oh, yes, sir,” said the doctor, “I believe that every man should 
know what is meant by our doctrine of baptism. Do you recollect 
ever having seen the book written by James King, Jr., and pub¬ 
lished by Smith and Co., of Atlanta, Georgia?” 

“No, sir, but I remember having heard my father express his 
opinion of it. He said that in all probability it owes its popu¬ 
larity to the way in which it represents the views of several 
reverend brethren. Yet I differ with him as to the degree of sim¬ 
ilarity among them.” 

At length, on the top of the great mountains beyond which lay 
the far West, he began to think how he could possibly describe 
half of what he had already seen. On his return he will author¬ 
ize his brother to advertise a new book, which will give, in sim¬ 
ple language, a complete account of his long but swift journey. 
The difficulty will, no doubt, be to publish such a book without 
the immediate help and influence of capable men, who are to 
qualify themselves for the responsible work. 

Our friend has at last completed his travels, and sometime dur¬ 
ing the latter part of December will return to his own country, 
having the satisfaction that follows the performance of duty. 
I think the greatest surprise has been the ability of Americans 
to establish and develop a government like ours. He found a 
distinct difference in the domestic affairs of the nations of the 
world. 


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BUSINESS PHRASES 

(See page 75 for Shorthand.) 

*1. All such matters. 2. All that time. 3. As such. 4. Answer¬ 
ing your inquiry. 5. Answering your letter. 6. A reply at 
your earliest convenience will very much oblige, Yours truly. 
7 Awaiting your further reply. 8. Are you certain that you can 
depend upon what he says? 9. Assuring you that we will do 
our best to please you. 10. We are, Yours truly. 11. As far as 
possible. 12. As far as it is. 13. As soon as possible. 14. As 
soon as it is. 15. As soon as there is. 16. As there is. 17. As 
it is not. 18. Advise us either by return mail or by wire. 19. 
Any orders with which you may favor us will receive our best 
attention. 20. After all. 21. After this. 22. As per your request. 
23. As to whether or not. 24. As to that. 25. As to this. 26. 
As you may be. 27. As we have' received. 28. After you have. 
29. As near as possible. 30. As we direct. 

B 1. Bill of lading. 2. But you may. 3. By this. 4. By their. 
5. But you can. 6. Before you were. 7. Before you are. 8. But 
you were. 9. Be careful. 10. By which. 11. Because there is. 
12. Before or after. 13. Before you can. 14. Between this. 
15. Best time. 16. Beforehand. 17". By that. 

C. 

1. Can be. 2. Could be. 3. Could not be. 4. Could not have. 
5. Could this. 

D. 

1. Do you. 2. Did not know. 3. Do you recollect. 4. Do you 
remember. 5. Did you recognize. 

F. 

1. For such. 2. For such is the. 3. For there is. 4. For your 
information. 5. For this. 6. From your letter 10th. we under¬ 
stand that there is no one. 

G. 

1. Go there. 

H. 

1. Had not known. 2. Has been done. 3. Hoping to be 
favored with an order in the near future, we are Yours truly. 
4. Have another. 5. Have been. 6. Have its. 


Crichton’s Piiono-Syllabic Method 


05 


I. 


1. I am. 2. I am quite sure. 3. I am quite certain he will go. 
4. I think so. 5. In response to your letter 30th ultimo beg to 
inform you that it will be out of the question for us to let you 
have the money at the present time. 6. In reply to your letter 
of yesterday afternoon, beg to advise that we can furnish you 
with five carloads of lumber next month. 7. I suppose there will 
be a great demand for the articles you mention. 8. If these prices 
are satisfactory please wire us when you receive this letter. 9. 
Inclosed herewith we hand you our check for $400.00, which we 
will thank you to place to the credit of our account. 10. Inclosed 
please find New York Exchange for $960.00. 11. In reply to 

yours. 12. In accordance with your request. 13. I will not go. 
14. I have your telegram of this morning. 15. I have received 
your letter in which you stated distinctly that you could not 
come. 16. If this arrangement is satisfactory wire us immediate¬ 
ly. 17. In consideration of the fact that we have been. 18. In 
order that this. 19. ‘It is not. 20. In the matter. 21. In a 
matter. 22. I know there is. 23. In this connection, beg to 
state that we are just in receipt of a letter from Smith & Com¬ 
pany. 24. I fear you may. 25. I do not understand why you 
do not pay what you owe us. 26. I hope you will not. 27. I 
shall be glad to have you call on us. 28. If this is satisfactory 
let us know at once. 29. In some other way. 30. In order that 
you may. 31. In answer to yours of yesterday, will state that 
the arrangements you have made are perfectly satisfactory in 
every way. 32. I regard the person you mention very highly, 
and regret to hear of his misfortune. 33. I have been unable to 
locate this shipment. 34. In this way. 35. It is a very fine 
piece of property. 36. I am therefore obliged to cancel our last 
order. 37. It is our purpose to propose a compromise. 38. I 
will go there tomorrow it you think it wise for me to do so. 39. 
If you expect to go it will be necessary for you to wire us 
immediately. 40. If they accept our offer we will let you have 
the money at once. 41. I am quite ready to go. 42. Is it not 
true that you sold the property for the purpose ox reinvesting the 
money? 43. It may be possible for us to meet you. 44. In 
conclusion permit me to say. 

M. 

1. Mr. Jackson writes that their Atlanta agency will not be 
established until about the middle of next month. 2. May be said. 


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3. May not be. 4. Maybe you will. 5. More than. 6. More than 
ever, 

P. 


1. Place of business. 2. Please do not draw on us before the 
10th of next month. 3. Please take. 4. Permit me to say. 5. 
Please acknowledge receipt of this at once. 6. Please notify us 
when you wish us to ship your last order. 7. Please let us know 
at once if the goods are not received in first-class condition. 8. 
Please advise us. 9. Please find. 10. Part of his. 11. Please 
direct your salesman to call on us when he arrives in the city. 

R. 

1. Referring to your proposition to supply you with oranges, 
beg to state that we cannot accommodate you before the latter 
part of the month. 2. Rather than. 3. Remain there. 4. 
regretting that we cannot furnish you with goods ordered, we are 
Yours truly. 5. Respectfully yours. 

S. 


1. Soliciting your further orders. 2. Such as may. 3. Such as 
are. 4. Some time after. 5. Some time ago. 6. Shall do. 7. 
Shall there. 8. Such have been. 9. Should have been. 10. 
Should not have been. 11. Should not. 12. Such as we have. 
13. Shall another. 14. Shall there be. 


T. 


1. That you may. 2. There has been. 3. This is the first 
time we have written him. 4. Trusting to hear from you at 
your earliest convenience. 

W. 

1. Will be there. 2. We are just in receipt of your favor. 
3. We are in receipt of your esteemed letter. 4. We are very 
sorry to learn that you cannot come. 5. We are very much pleas¬ 
ed to mail you our catalogue. 6. We are glad to be able to send 
you by express goods recently ordered. 7. We are mailing you 
our complete price list under separate cover. 8. W T e take pleasure 
m sending you complete samples. 9. We shall be pleased to give 
you any further information if you will write us fully iust what 
your requirements are. 10. We enclose herewith quotations which 


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we trust will prove satisfactory to your firm. 11. We have now 
in stock a complete line of rubber goods. 12. We beg to call 
your attention to the very high quality of the goods manufactured 
by this concern. 13. We are glad to say. 14. We are pleased 
to say. 15. We take the liberty of calling your attention. 16. 
We again beg to remind you that your bill is still unpaid. 17. 
We thank you very much for your kindness. 18. We are surprised 
to learn of Smith & Co’s recent failure. 19. We herewith mail 
you our check for $850.00 in settlement of our account as per 
bill rendered on the first instant. 20. We can furnish you goods 
fob cars Phil. 21. We hope that these terms will be satisfactory 
to you. 22. We trust that you will continue to favor us with 
your orders. 23. We trust that you will give this matter your 
prompt attention, and thereby greatly oblige us. 24. We would 
be glad to have you ship our goods more promptly in the future. 
25. We beg to state that any business with which you may favor 
us will receive careful attention. 26. We think there is no doubt 
that Dr. Smith will be here tomorrow. 27. We know there is 
some danger in this undertaking. 28. We think it will be all 
right for you to lay in a heavy stock of goods this month. 29. 
We shall be pleased to hear from you at any time. 30. We will 
try to see you on Friday or Saturday without fail. 31. We are 
very sorry to learn that you have been obliged to move. 32. Will 
you please let us hear from you as soon as possible. 33. We 
will try to be with you on Tuesday. 34. We have your telegram 
of this morning. 35. We shall therefore. 36. We will therefore. 
37. We trust that this will not inconvenience you in the slightest 
manner. 38. We will call tomorrow for the purpose of submit¬ 
ting samples. 39. Will be found. 40. We do not know. 41. We 
trust that your reply will be satisfactory. 42. We are very sorry 
to know. 43. We hope you will be able to forward bill of lading 
the early part of next week. 44. Will you kindly notify us as 
soon as Mr. Harris arrives? 45. We will do ourselves the honor 
of calling on you soon. 46. We have been obliged to place your 
account in the hands of our lawyers. 47. We have just received 
your letter. 48. We will let you have the house on the first 
of the month. 49. We will try to do this for you. 50. We hand 
you herewith receipt in full of account. 51. We will be there 
tomorrow. 


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Y. 


1. \ou understand. 2. You will therefore. 3. You may not be. 
4. You will be careful. 5. You say there is. 6. You must be. 
7. Your favor of recent date received this morning. 8. Your 
letter just at hand. 9. Your esteemed letter. 10. Your bill of 
last month has been settled. 11. Your indebtedness now amounts 
to something like $300.00. 12. Your order has been filed and 

will be filled as soon as possible. 13. You can go. 14. You 
shall have. 15. You may be sure. 16. You will not be. 17. You 
should not be. 18. You will, be satisfied. 19. You will be pleased 
to hear that the propertv has been sold. 


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BUSINESS LETTERS 


(See page 80 for Shorthand.) 

1 . 

Gentlemen: 

We thank you very much for the order enclosed in your es¬ 
teemed favor of the 20th. Let us assure you that the same will 
have our best attention, and that we appreciate the confidence 
you seem to have in us. Shipment will be made to-morrow morn¬ 
ing. 

Yours truly, 

2 . 

Gentlemen: 

If perfectly satisfactory to yourselves, we shall be glad to be 
allowed to ship the goods you ordered about the 5th of next 
month instead of the middle of this month. If this is perfectly 
agreeable, kindly wire us at our expense. 

Yours truly, 

3. 

Gentlemen: 

We trust that the goods we are shipping by express to-day will 
arrive promptly and prove entirely satisfactory in every way. 
In accordance with your request, we have drawn on you through 
the First National Bank of Atlanta for $500.00, which we trust 
will be satisfactory to you. 

We understand that Mr. Jackson has gone to Philadelphia, and 
will not return to Atlanta before the first or middle of the week. 

Yours truly, 

4. 

Gentlemen: 

We have your esteemed favor of the 4th instant, and thank you 
very much for the liberal terms you so kindly offer us. We feel 
quite sure that we will be able to do considerable business for you 
in this locality. With your permission we will commence work at 
once. 

You^s truly, 

5. 

Gentlemen: 

Enclosed herewith please find your bill amounting to $50.00, 
for which we would be very much pleased to receive your check by 


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return mail. This bill, as you certainly must know, is now long 
past due, and as we are greatly in need of money at the present 
time, we must insist that you pay same immediately. 

Very truly yours, 

6 . 

Gentlemen: 

We respectfully beg to call your attention to the attached let¬ 
ters just received from our Macon agent, in order that you may 
take the matter up with the parties who are at fault. 

Regarding the expense bills to which you refer, we beg to sug¬ 
gest that some special arrangement be made within the next week 
or two. 

Yours truly, 

7. 

Dear Sir: 

Replying to yours of the 20th instant, in which you ask us to 
run a regular advertisement in your paper, we must say that after 
a most thorough consideration of the matter we will be obliged to 
decline your kind offer, for the present at least. 

Thanking you very much for your many courtesies, and for 
the many kind attentions you have shown us in the past, we are 

Respectfully yours, 

8 . 

Gentlemen: 

We have your valued favor of the 27th ultimo, and would say 
in reply that we have sent bill for these goods before, but it seems 
that you pay no attention to our repeated requests for payment. 
It is, of course, possible that the bill failed to reach you, but 
this, in our opinion, is highly improbable. Will you be good 
enough to let us know exactly what you expect to do about the 
matter? We certainly can not wait any longer on you, and must 
insist that you write us at once, stating definitely what you in¬ 
tend to do. 

Yours truly, 

9. 

Gentlemen: 

We have your highly esteemed favor of the 10th, and in answer 
will state that after careful consideration of the matter, we have 
decided to accept your terms, and enclose herewith our check for 
$800. 


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We take this occasion to thank you for the kind consideration 
you gave our Mr. Morris while he was in your city. 

Trusting to hear from you in the near future regarding the 
Williamson matter, we are" 

Yours truly, 

10 . 

Gentlemen: 

In answer to your valued favor of the 10th instant, beg to say 
that it gives us very great pleasure to offer you the credit for 
which you ask. Rest assured that we will give you our very best 
terms and lowest prices. We will, send you to-day by parcel- 
post, a large package, which contains a number of selected sam¬ 
ples, and which we trust will prove serviceable to you in mak¬ 
ing out large orders. 

Awaiting your further favors, and hoping that our future busi¬ 
ness relations will prove both pleasant and profitable, we are 

Sincerely yours, 

11 . 

Dear Sir: 

I am this morning in receipt of your esteemed communication, 
and in answer beg to state that the gentleman you mention has 
not yet arranged for the commencement of the contemplated suit. 
Last week I received a letter asking if you would be in your 
office on Wednesday afternoon. If you will be there, kindly call 
us on telephone and we will come over and ascertain what your 
wishes are in this matter. 

Yours truly, 

12 . 

Dear Sir: 

I am this morning in receipt of your highly esteemed favor 
of the 29th ultimo, and in reply beg to say that if you will kindly 
let me have a statement of the amount of your expenses incident 
to your recent visit to Atlanta, I will give same consideration at 
once and notify you as to whether or not same will be allowed. 
W T ould be very glad indeed to hear from you at your convenience, 
because I am anxious to close this matter up before the end of 
the year. 

Yours truly, 

13. 

Gentlemen: 

We have yours of the 10th instant, and in reply will say that 
just now we have in stock no coal that we think you could use 


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for manufacturing purposes. We will, however, be able to ship 
the anthracite coal sometime during the latter part of this month. 
We sincerely trust that you will be able to take at least two cars 
immediately, as we are very much pressed for space. We have an 
unusually large stock on hand without space in which to store 
it. Trusting that you will be able to make your arrangements 
to take five cars of soft coal within the next week or two, we are 

Yours truly, 

14. 

Gentlemen: 


Several days ago, you telephoned me that you would call at 
our office Saturday afternoon, and confer with us regarding the 
disposition you desire to make of your case against Harrison & 
Co., of Atlanta, Ga. It is barely possible that you called during 
my absence from the city. If you did, and can not arrange to call 
again, I would greatly appreciate it if you would kindly write 
me in regard to the matter as soon as possible. 

Yours truly, 

15. 


Dear Sir: 

We beg to acknowledge receipt of your highly esteemed favor of 
yesterday. We had not the slightest idea that the state of affairs 
you mention existed, and are exceedingly sorry that you have 
been unable to come to see us about Mr. Smith’s unfortunate 
condition. 

Mr. Moore writes us that he will be in the city to-morrow or 
the next day without fail. Could you make it convenient to 
come also? If you can, be sure to wire us as soon as you receive 
this communication, and we will meet you at our office sometime 
after three o’clock. 

Yours truly, 

16. 

Dear Sir: 

The gentleman that we had the pleasure of seeing yesterday is 
of the opinion that it will be quite impossible for him to pay'the 
bill that he owes before the 20th of next month, or the first of 
December. We are very sorry that this is true, for we are very 
anxious to close the account up promptly at this time. We will 
state, however, that Mr, Williams, who was in our office this 


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morning, said he would call in a few days and try to pay every¬ 
thing he owes. We sincerely trust that this will be entirely sat¬ 
isfactory to you in every particular. 

Yours truly, 

17. 

My Dear Sir: 

Your letter of the 6th instant was received this morning. In 
reply, will say that we sent you by express to-day four barrels 
of potatoes, and if you desire us to do so, we will send more, 
either to-morrow or Thursday. 

Referring to the other matter about which you inquire, will 
say that we will make an attempt to see Mr. Jackson as soon as 
possible. 

If you need more money to purchase eggs or geese, kindly let 
us know at once, and we will arrange to furnish any amount you 
desire. Kindly communicate with us fully at your earliest con¬ 
venience. 

Yours truly, 

18. 

Gentlemen: 

We have just received your valued favor of the 12th instant 
and in answer beg to inform you that we will commence suit 
against Williams & Co. sometime during the latter part of next 
month, or the first of November. If perfectly convenient would 
be very glad to have you call at our office sometime this week 
and talk the matter over with us. We are sure the details can 
be arranged satisfactorily to all parties when we have seen Mr. 
Johnson. 

Yours truly, 

19. 

Gentlemen: 

We have just received your letter of the 10th instant, and in 
reply beg to say that we are more than willing for you to do 
exactly what you wish in the matter. We will, however, endeavor 
to see you to-morrow or the next day without fail. We saw Mr. 
King Tuesday afternoon, and he said it would be impossible for 
him to make a financial success of the matter, unless he is able 
to induce some of the leading business men of New York to come 
to this city during the latter part of next month. We trust that 
this arrangement will be satisfactory to you. 

Yours truly, 


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20 . 

My Dear Sir: 

We have just received your highly esteemed favor of the 29th 
ultimo, and have noted contents of same with the greatest care. 
We fail completely to understand why our good friend, Mr. Har¬ 
rison, has acted so strangely. If you can explain to him the po¬ 
sition we have taken in this matter, we are quite sure he will 
understand that we were not to blame. Will you please make 
an attempt to see him at your earliest convenience, and after you 
have talked the matter over with him, wire us the result of your 
interview. 

Yours truly, 

21 . 

Gentlemen: 

Yours of the 26th at hand this morning and contents of same 
very carefully noted. We very much regret to learn that you can 
not make your arrangements to be with us next week, but sincere¬ 
ly trust that you will be able to come to us about the 10th of 
next month, at any rate. Will you be kind enough to request 
Mr. Morris to send check to this office to balance his account? 
As you know, we have been waiting on him now for sometime, 
and unfortunately he does not seem inclined to do the correct thing 
by us. Please communicate with us at the earliest possible mo¬ 
ment, and let us know exactly what you intend to do. 

Very truly yours, 

22 . 

Gentlemen: 

Your letter of the lOtli enclosing application of Mr. James 
Henderson of IVTstcon, w&s received to-dciy. In reference to the 
application, beg to state that we know several worthy and capa¬ 
ble persons who are exceedingly anxious to secure the position you 
mention. While we feel that we should give them consideration, 
we think, under the circumstances, it would be wise for us not 
to give the position to any one at present. We would advise you, 
however, to take the examination at once and be thoroughly pre¬ 
pared for business when we notify you we are ready for you to 
commence work, which will be sometime about the first of the 
month. Kindly ask Mr. Moore to come to see us when lie arrives 
in the city, because the matter about which we desire to consult 
him is extremely important and can not well be delayed longer. 


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Wire us, if possible, on receipt of this communication, what you 
expect us to do with the Williams matter. 

Yours truly, 

23. 

Dear Sir: 

We are very sorry to say that it will be impossible for us to 
let you have more than $600.00 this month. We have gone over 
the matter very carefully but find that the property is not worth 
more than $800.00. 

Yours truly, 

24. 

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Yours truly, 


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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 

(See page 86 for Shorthand.) 

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for 
one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected 
them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the 
earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of 
nature and Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the 
opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes 
which impel them to the separation. 

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are 
created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with 
certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, 
and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, 
governments are instituted among men, deriving their just 
powers from the consent of the governed: that whenever any 
form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is 
the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to insti¬ 
tute a new government, laying its foundation on such prin¬ 

ciples, and organizing its powers in such form as to them 
shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. 
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established 
should not be changed for light and transient causes, and ac¬ 
cordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more 
disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right 

themselves, by abolishing the forms to which they are accus¬ 
tomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, 
pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to 

reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, 
it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to pro¬ 
vide new' guards for their future security. Such has been the 
patient sufferance of these colonies, and such is now the ne¬ 
cessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of 
government. The history of the present king of Great Britain 
is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in 
direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over 

these States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid 
world: 

He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and 
necessary for the public good. 

He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate 
and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operations 


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till his assent should be obtained; and when so suspended* he 
has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass 
other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, 
unless those people would relinquish the right of representa¬ 
tion . in the legislature—a right inestimable to them, and 
formidable to tyrants only. 

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, 
uncomfortable, and distant from the repository of the public 
records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into complying 
with his measures. 

He has dissolved respresentative houses repeatedly for oppos¬ 
ing, with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the 
people. 

He has refused, for a long time after such dissolution, to cause 
others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable 
of annihilation have returned to the people at large for their 
exercise, the state remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the 
dangers of invasion from without and convulsions from within. 

He has endeavored to prevent the population of these 
States; for that purpose obstructing the laws of naturalization 
of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their mi¬ 
gration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropri¬ 
ations of lands. 

He has obstructed the administration of justice by refus¬ 
ing his assent to laws for establishing judiciary powers. 

He has made judges dependent on his will alone for the 
tenure of their offices and the amount and payment of their 
salaries. 

He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither 
swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their sub¬ 
stance. 

He has kept among us in times of peace, standing armies, 
without the consent of our legislatures. 

He has effected to render the military independent of, and 
superior to, the civil power. 

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdic¬ 
tion foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our 
laws giving his assent to their pretended acts of legislation: 

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 

For protecting them by a mock trial from punishment for 
any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of 
these States; 

For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world: 

For imposing taxes on us without our consent: 


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For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by 
jury: 

For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended 
offences: 

For abolishing the free system of English laws in the 
neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary govern¬ 
ment, and enlarging its boundaries, so as to render it at once 
an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute 
rule into these colonies. 

For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable 
laws, and altering, fundamentally, the forms of our govern¬ 
ment: 

For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring them¬ 
selves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases what¬ 
soever. 

He has abdicated government here by declaring us out of 
his protection and waging war against us. 

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our 
towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. 

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mer¬ 
cenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny 
already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and prefidy scarcely 
paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the 
head of a civilized nation. 

He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the 
high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the 
executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves 
by their hands. 

He has excited domestic insurrections among us, and has 
endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the 
merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an 
undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. 

In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for 
redress in the most humble terms; our repeated petitions have 
been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose 
character is thus marked by every act which may define a 
tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. 

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. 
We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts by their 
legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. 
We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration 
and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice 
and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties 
of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which 


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would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. 
They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity. 
We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity which denounces 
our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, 
enemies in war, in peace friends. 

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of 
America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the 
Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, 
do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of 
these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United 
Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent 
States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British 
Crown, and that all political connection between them and 
the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; 
and that as free and independent States, they have full power 
to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish com¬ 
merce, and do all other acts and things, which independent 
States may of right do. And for the support of this declara¬ 
tion, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Prov¬ 
idence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our for¬ 
tunes, and our scared honor. 


That which made these men cannot die. The hand that traced 
the charter of Independence is, indeed, motionless; the eloquent 
lips that sustained it are hushed; but the lofty spirits that 
conceived, resolved, and maintained it, these cannot die.— 
Edward Everett. 


And what were the women of the United States in the strug¬ 
gle of the Revolution? When the soldiers were destitute of 
clothing, or sick, or in prison, from whence did relief come? 
From the hearts where patriotism erects her favorite shrine, 
and from the hand which is seldom withdrawn when the soldier 
is in need. The voice of our history speaks trumpet-tongued 
of the daring and intrepid spirit of patriotism burning in the 
bosoms of the women of that day.— John Quincy Adams. 




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WORD AND SIGN DICTIONARY 


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abandoned 

abundant .J.. Xs. ..V.. 

ability 

able \ v ' 

abolish ..... 

above \/J) 

absolutely \ 

abstract . X!. .L... 

accede 

(exceed) _ o ‘A. __o 

accepted .J..!...,..N. 

(excepted) * 

accident - -f ' j ' 

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accommodation I j— ^ 

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accordingly c 1 

accomplish __ 

accounts .,...5^... 

accountant y 

accrued c-* 

accurate .sr:.?.T!.t_ 

accumulate 

accusation / 

acknowledge .. ~— Q . A 

achievable . \ 

acquaint C-, 

acquiring . 

acquired 

accompanied \ 

acquisition ..Yrr p. 

actionable T 

active ~T 

actual .;..J. 

added -| 

additional . J / ] . 

adequately ...I...O™.... 

adherence "p- 

adjourn '7 / / 

adjusted .i/.. <x. .. 

adjustment ■ 

admirable - 

administered ...1...../.1..]. 

administrator p-\/\ 

admissible 

administration 1. 1 . 1 

admittance r^S” 

admirer * 

advisability 

advantageous / V-\ 

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afflict ... 
affluence 

aforesaid 

agent . 

aggravating 

aggravate 
aggression 
agreeable 
agriculture 

alarm .' 

allegation 
altitude 
(latitude) 
allowance 
American 
amendment 
amicable 

ample 
analysis .. 
angles 
annealing 
announcement 
announcing 
annual 

annex . ' 

anticipated 

anticipating _ 

antique ....:.r^r^oj.'». 
anthracite 
anxious 
anxiously 
apology 
appalling 
apparent . 
appearance 

apart \ » - 

append ..)..A. 

application '—^ 

applicant ^ \o c 

apples .A. 

appliances Q 

appointment A A 

appreciate .......A. \<.x 

April O 

approval ev 

approved .A.\. 

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approbation / v-v 

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apprised 
argument 
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artillery 
article 
artificial 

asbestos ) J 

ascertain . ... . x. . 

assessing \ T \ n 

assembled r \ ° / - J . 

assignee .....rnrf.. 

assignor ^ 

assignment L q) 
assigns 3 

assist 

assessed 
assorted 
assortment 
associated 
associations 
assurance 

assumed 
attainment 
attorney 
attractive 
auditor 
auditorium 
authorized 
authentic 
authority 
automatic 
automobile 
auxiliary 
available 
(valuable) 
average 


bachelor 
balances 
bakery 
bankruptcy 
bargain ... 
barrels 
battery 
battle 
beautifully 

bearer 
beforehand 
before 
beginning 
behalf 
beheld 
behold 
benefits .. 
beneficiary 

berth 

beverage , 

beveled 




bicycle 
biUets 
biography 
birthday 
bituminous 
blunder 

boards „ . 

boilers .. "tl...... ..\>... 

boots \ V J 

book-seller \ v 

book-store .....\rrrh....\...\uQ... 

brand-new 
breadth - 

bridal . ..Si... 

brittle ( p 

brightness \' ^7 

bulged .fV.. .V...... 

buried 
bushels 
button . 
butcher 


fL 


.. -> 


C. 


calamity 

calculation 

calculate 

calendar 
canary ... 
cancel 
cancelling 

candid . 

Canvassing 
capacity 
capital 
capable 
carefully 

carry . 

carrier 

tarried 

carload . 

.cardboard 

carelessness 

catalogue 

catastrophe 

cedar 

celebrated 

celluloid 

center 

certainly .. 

cereal 

ceremony 
certificate 
certified 


—r 














certified , /or* / / 

champion 

chamber .^.,Ss.Sv...,£.... 


change 









































no 


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chances ^ , v 

charges Or 

character *. 

chattel 
cheerfully 
cherries 
child 
chocolate 
choicest r 

cigar 
cigarette 
circuit 
circular 
circulation 
circularize 
classified 

clients . 

clutches 
coinciding 
collect 
collection 
collector 
colored 

combination c 
comfortable 
commands 


ZD 





'Vj> 


J . h 



... 

commenfeurate 

comments . % 

commercial X?. X 

commencement -y— 
commission 

commit . 

common 
communicate 
communication 
communities 
compare 
comparison 
compartments 

competing . v \ 

competition ..X.X. 

compensation V 

competitors t \ \ 

compelled .X.X.. 

complainants . k C 

complaint ^ •„ 

completely . .X..... 

.compliance 
complicates • *\ \ 

comprehensive ...Y.V P 

compressed V.. 

compute 

concession .X 

concerning 
concurrence 
conclusion 
conditional 




•V 


conference 
conferred . 
confident 
confidential 


. i~ 

__ • • • 

confirmation .(.. L . 

confidently X XT" vj"' 

confirmed • J V . ^ / 

/kAn AIa^ { 

r.X:-. 


conflict 
congenial 

congestion / #c _ 

congratulate /. 

connection j i-I 

connected »»- ) 

conscious . 

consented 
conservative 
consequently, 
consigned 
consignee. . . . 

consigns .. 

consignment 
consistent 




consistent • q f~\ 

consideration ...O. 1 . \D . 

consists J U< b ; 

H.?.( 

4 .i 



consignor 

constant . 

constable 
constituency 

construe . 

consumption 
consumers 

consult .* 

consulting 
containable 
contemplated 
continued 
continental 
continuous 
continues 
contingent 
continuance 
contracts 
controversy 
contradict 
contrary 
contrivances 
contribute 
convenience 
conveyed 
conveniently 
convention 

convince . . , „ 

convinced.i .L.. 

coolers ^ 

co-operation 
copyrighted 
cornered 

















































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111 



correct 

correspondence 
correction 

correspond 

courtesy.. 

country 

county 
council 
coupler 
covering 
covenant 
cracks 

credited o y> ' I 

critically m.Ji 

criticism 
crockery 
crooked 
crushed 
culminate 
cultivated 
cultivator 
curious 

curly . 

current 
curtail 
cuspidor . 
customer 
customary 
cutting ... 
cutter 


an / 

“ U.LU 

ible 7 \ 


Rrs 


"US' 


B. 


dated 

dairy . 

damasks 

damaged 

danger.. 

deadhead 

dealer 

debilitate . 

debtor 

deceased 

(diseased) 

decidedly 

decision 

dedicate .... 

detect 

declaration 

decree .•. 

deduction 

deducting 
defaulter .. 
defects 

defective 

defendant 

defense 


lx-"' (x-^p~o 


. } 


. 

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•x.£. w. 

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delicate 
deficiency 
definite 

degenerate I J 1^ f 

delayed ..1. \C. . | 

delegation / 

delinquent f 
delivery 
demandable 
demonstrate I } \ 

demonstration 
demurrage ’ 

demurrer 

denote . 

department 
departure 
depending 
deposit 
depository 
deprived .. 
describing 
description 
desire 
desirous 
design 
destination 
designated 
desolation 
destructive 
destroyed 
destined 
destruction 
details 


K.X. 

VAv 

Hon I \Jp 

i .''"'J.^. 

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detain I ° r , I / 

determining ...1.. 

devastation 1 L-^ . 

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developing 
development 
devices 
diameter 

diffident . 

diligence 
direct 

directory . 

direction 
disadvantage 
disappeared .. 

discern ^ 

discount 
discounted .. 
discourage 

discommode . , » 

discovered . I.m. . 

discrepancy .hi- ° 5 cJ ^ 
disease 
dismissal 
disposal 















































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Crichton’s Phono-Syllabic Method 


disposition 

disregard ... 

distinction 

distinctly 

distribute- 

distribution 

district 

distress _ 

disturbed 

divert 

divers . 

diversion 

divide 

division . 

dividend 
divulge 
domestic ... 
doubtful 
doubtless 

draft . 

draftsman 

dramatical 

driven . 

dropped 

duchess 

duplex . 

duplicate 

duplication 
duplicity ... 
durable 





E. 


earliest 

earnestly 

easily 

eastern 

eccentric . 

eclipse 

economical 

edging . 

editor 

editorial 

efficient .... 

egotistical 

elastic 

elaborate . 

electric 

electricity 

electrotype 

eliminate 

element 

elliptical 

embark 



embarrassment 

emergency . 

eminent 



emigrate 

emolument 

enameling 





evinced 

evidently 
evil 

exactly 
exaggerate 
exceedingly 
excellent 




















































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113 


except 
exception 
excite 
exceptional 
exclaim 
exchange 
exchangeable 
exclusively 
excusable 
executed 
exempt 
exercise 
examination 
exhaust 
exhibit 
exhibition 

existing . 

existence ^ 

expand 
expound 
expected 
expectation 
experience 
expensive 
expire 
expiration 
explained 
explanation 
explanatory 
explicitly 
exposition 
exquisitely 
extends 
extensively 
exterior .... 
extinguish 
extract 
extremely 
eyelid 

eyewitness 
eyesight .... 
eyeglasses 











facilities 
factory 
failure 
fair 

family . 
fanatic 

familiar —■\ 

fancied 
farmer 

(former) 
farthest 
fashionable 


fastest 
fastened 
father 
favored 
favorite 
feasible 

feature \ ( -, 

&•. 

feeling 
figure 
field 
fiercely 
finally 
finely 
finest 
financing 
financially 
fitting 
fixture 
flanges 
flax 

flexible 
flickering 
flooring 
fluctuate 
fluency 
folder 
folded 
folio 

footboard 
forbear .....Vxy. 
forbearance ' 
foreman 
foreign ... 
foreclosure 
forfeited 
forged 
formal 

formidable 
forthcoming 
fortunes 
fortunate 
forward 
forwarded 
foundry 
frank 
frequently 
French 
friction 
frozen 

fruit 0 

fulfills . 

furiously 
furnace C 

furnishes Sr \ L1J 9 

furniture 































































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G. 


gallon 

galvanize 

garden 

(guardian) 
gasoline ... 
gazetteer 




gear 

geared .... 
geological 



geographic 
geometry . 
generated 

generator 

generosity 

genuine 

German 

glance . 

glassware 

glazed 

glove . 

gondola 



government 

granted _ 

granite 

(grand) 
granulated . 
gravity 




A 

Z,. 


gratified 
grievance 

grocer . c —jk 

grocery " v —-4 * 

grower 
guarantee 

guaranteed . , 

guaranteeing . Jt.ZTTT/. 

guitar l 



herald 

hereafter 

herein 

hereby 

hereon . 

herculean 

hearsay 

herewith . 

heroes 

heretofore 

heroism ... 

hesitate 

hesitancy 

hickory ... 

higher 

highly 

hilarious . 

hinder 

history 

(mystery) 

historic 

holding 

homeless . 

honorable 

honored 

hopelessly 

horizontal 

horribly 

human . 

humbly 
hundreds 
hurriedly , 
hydraulics 



I. 


Idea 

identified 

identical 


1 


C. i-~ 


H. 

habit / 'V. 

hampered .....Z... 

handful _ 

handled ^ 

handling ..«. 

handsome 

handsomely <r*r 

hardly .... 

hardware oV , .—. 

harp Xd — 

harvester .....:.cl_ 

headquarters & 

heavier.-* N .— 

height < 

hemlock ) ' 


Ignition 
ignorance 
ignore 
illegal ^ 

Illuminate ..vZ. /^. .....Z.. 

illustrate * 'j 

immensely A —m 

immediate .. U-— 

Imitate 
impairs 
impartial .. 
impassable 
imperfect 
imperative . 
impertinent 
Impossibility 
immigrate 
(emigrate) 












































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115 


Immovable 
Imminent 
Import 
impression 
Imprint 
improvement 
inaugurate 
inasmuch 
inattention 
Inability 
incentive 
inclined 
incompatible 
Incomplete 
inclusive 
increased 
incontestable 
incident 
incision 

Incorrect . 

incumbrance 


Indication 
indicate .... 
indigestible 
Indebted ^—1 

indicated .I 

Indispensable 
indefinitely 
Independent . 
indisposition 
individual 
indebtedness 
indorser 
Inevitably 
Infamous 
infirm 
Informed 
Inferior 
Information 
ingenuity 
Inhabit 
Initial 
injector 
injudicious 
injury 
Injurious 
inland 
inscribe 



'-*-1 



insanity 
insisted 
insolence 
insurance 
instructive^..? . 
insertion 
inspector 
inspection 
inspire 
insufficient 
intellectual 
intend 
intended 
intense 
interchange 
interest 
interested 
interfere 
intersperse 
interrupt 
investor 
interview 
intimately 
investment 
intolerant 
inventory ., 
invariably 
investigate 
invitation 
involved 
intelligently 
irregular ... 
irremovable 
irrigate 
issue 
ivory 



Jail 

jewelry .... 

Judgment 

Judicial 

Judiciously 

journal 

jurisdiction 
Justified .... 
justification 


J. 

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J "f- 


X. 


Inside 
instruct 
inspecting 
installment 
instrument 
instances 
installing 


keenly 

kicked 

kindest 

kindling 

kneel 

knowledge 























































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I. 


laboratory 
latest ..... 
latitude 

launch 
laundry 
lawyer 
landlord 
left-hand 
legislation 
legitimate 
legislator 
legislature 

leisure 
lengthy 
lenient 

lever 
liability 
liberal 

liens 
lieu 
lighter 

lightening 
lined 
liquor 






liquidation _ _ 

literature .rn. 

lithographed ' \j / * 

\~y — 


lithographed 

litigation 

locate . 

locality 

locomotives 
lordship 
loudly 

lower 

lowered . 

lubricator 


lubricating S' 

lumber . 

luncheon \ 


luncheon 

If. 

machinery 

machine .„7rrr... 

machinist 

magic 
magnificent 
magazine 

magnetic 
magnify 
mahogany 

magnitude 

majority ..T-O.. °T\ 

maintenance ^ 





mantels 
management 
manhood 

Manilla 
manifest 
manifold 
manufacture 
manufacturer 
manipulate 

manual 
manuscript* . 
margins 
market 
marked .< 
masculine 
masterly 

material, ... 

mature 
maturity 
maximum 
meal 
meanest 
meantime 
meanwhile 

measure 
measurement 
medical 
medicine 
meditate 
medium 
membership 
memoranda 
memorandum 
mental 
mention 
merchant 
mercantile 
messenger 
meridian 

method 
methodical 
metropolis 
metropolitan 
middlings 
millionaire 
militia 
minerals 
mindful 
minimum 

mirror . 

mischlevlous 
misplaced 
model 
moderate 
modification, 
monetary 
momentous 





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117 


monthly 
morality 
mortise 
mortgage 

mostly . . . 

moulding * ^“""7 
motion ' 

mountain . 

mousseline 
mucilage 

mutual ./J!../.. 

mutually 

mutton ' ^ 

mutter ..J. 

mysterious 



N. 


narrated 

narrowest 

national 

nature 

naturally 

navigation 




nearest / 

necessarily .7X... 

necessity 


±£. 





necessitate 
neglect .... 
negligence 
negotiate 
negotiation 
neighborhood 
neuralgia 
nevertheless 
non-resident 

northern 

notary . 

notoriously 

notation 

nobody .. 

notwithstanding \j v —^ 

nozzle 

noxious . .... 

numerous —J 7 




4 


„w£J. 


o. 


obedient 

obligation 

obtain 

obtainable 
obscure 
observe 

obstruct 

occurrence 

occupy 



offered 
official 
omitted 
onion 
operator 
operation 
oppressive 
option 
oration 
orange 
orchard 
order 
ordered 
ordinary 
organize 
original 
originally 
originate 
originated 
ornamental 
otherwise 
ourselves 
outfit 
outline 
outlined 

outsider .T... 

overcame 
overcharge 
overcome 
overdone 

overload 
over-ride . 
overtake 
overlook 
oversight 
overdone 
overwhelming 
ownership 
oyster 


pamphlet X . \ . 

panel ...W:.. rrr... 

paneled 
pardon 
parallel . 
paralysis 
parties 

parlor .. 

partnership 

part X V- 

(apart) .. 

parliament 

parted x, '\ 

particular .1. 

partly 



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passenger 
patience 
pattern 
patron 
patronage 
patronized 
paused 
peddling 
peaceful 
peculiar 
peerless .... 
peculiarity 
per annum *\ *\ A 

percent ..\wOv—. i . 

percentage / 

perceptible 
performance 
perishable 

. 

perpendicular 

permanent 'V ° > N_ 

persecute .. .kt*.. 

persevere 

personal \ ’ 

personally ... 

persuade 
pertaining 
perusal 
pharmacy 
physician 
phonograph .. JL. 
physical V 

piano 

picture .V ... 

pious 7 

plaintiff 
plagiarism 
plainly 
Hanks 
plantation 
plastered 
plentiful 
policies 
political 
polished 
popularity 
portable 
positively 
possessed 
possession 

possibility 
postal-card 
postmaster 

potato 
poverty 
practically 




1 .^ 


precaution 'n. 'V 

precision . 

preferred 

preferring /*^\/° \ 

preference ..Nt......Nt..AIX... 

prefer ) 

preferable 'V 

preliminary 
premium 
premises 'V 

prejudice ..V^>. 

prepared 

prepaid <\ \ 

prescribed ..:\ v .-onrs 

prescription \ ' 

prevent \ • '\ *\ 

presently .Njrr?.- 

presumption ( 

previous <y 

previously ...S.A.__ 

prevailing Vo y 

private « • 

princes ..___IX............ 

princess \ <_/ j 

probably ** 

probability 
probate > 

procession 

product 
production 
professional 
profit 
profitable 

progress . .. 

prominent A 
promissory 
prompted 
promoter 
prominently 
proportion .. 
property, 
proposition 
prospect . 
prospectus 
prosecute 

protection . . . ... . 

protestation '——' 

provided 

proximo Ni \ ^ 

publication \ v o . 

pumped ..Ny.\nv....V..Xi... 

purposes 

S2 . 

pursuant > 


































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119 


quality 
qualify ... 
quantities 
quarter 
quicker .. 
quotation 


c n 

s 



*1 



E. 


railway 

railroad 

rapidly 

rare 

ratify .. 

rarely 

realizing 

rational 

receipt 



reared 

receivership 

reciprocate 


5 ? 



resume 

recently _ 

recollection 




recommend 

recommendation 

recognition 



recognize 
reconcile . 
reconsideration 


records 

recurrence 

reenforce 

recover 

rectify_ 

redemption 

refrain 
reddish .... 
referred 

reference 

refined .. 

reflector 

refinery 

reflection 

reimburse 




refuge 

refrigerator 

refund 


refunded 

regular 

regulation 


regulator 
reject ... 
relative 










relation 

relationship 

release 


-2 


relief 

relieve 

released 






reliable 

relinquish . 

reliance 

remind 

remonstrate 

remarkably 



remittance 

removable ..V^.. 

renew J 

renewal 
remedy . 
renounce 
render 
rendered 
rent 



rented 

rental 

repair 



repetition 

representative 

represented 


'^ 1 - 


representation ^ J \ • 

reproduction . 

reputable \ 


require 
required ... 
requirement 
requisite 

request . 

requested 

resemblance 

reserve . 

reservoir 

resistible 

reside . 

respective 
respectively 
resident ... 
residences 



.,^.,..,'-.1. ...i 


restaurant J 7 . J? 

restrain . 

responsibility 


restrict 
retail .. 
result 
resulted 
retain .. 
retainer 



tsssf 

retard 












































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120 



retire 

reunIon<.l^rrTMr v .....-r^:.. y ....‘:)^.. 

returned 
reverberate 
revolutionize 
revenue 

right-band ^ 

roller 

ridiculous . 

rosewood . .j^A. .. 

rural ^ <L_j o 

S. 

sacred o-sl r 

sacrilegious .,..* 

salt 

ss*,. ^±Llr- 

sassafras p p p 

satisfied L £ L^f 

satisfaction ...,c£.. Ct .. 

Saturday 
sausage _) 

scarcely .V. 

scandalize / 

scales . o-+^ 9 —-y 

scarfs . 

schedule ( 

scientific . no. Q—/ 

scissors ..A.. 

seasoned 

search ° ^—1 

scoundrel .. 

screwdriver s~~- v-t/ ] 

secret „ / 

secondhand . 

secretary 

secure _i 

security . 7 t... ,. 

securing 

secured /—- 1 

select .. p. .i - 

seemingly 

selves 

semi-annually 
seizure 

seize °) o j /n 

sender .. 

seldom 

sentinel ^ p ~ 

sensation .M„ 7 /.....>rr*L.....CN. 

separate 

sensible 3—£ 

sentence . 

sentiment 


services f 

serviceable ... .9^7. S£?..JVrrT..Sfc... 
settlement \ 

.^. 7 ^'- 


. f- 


£ .«■*.3.r* 

.■>- 


-* of 


sbearing 
shelves 
shingles 
shipper 
shortest 
shortly 

shortage 
shoulders 
shrinkage 
signally 
signed 
silent 

Sincerely A a —> 

sincerity / .,1. 

similarity > 1 

single 
sister 
situated 
situation 

size . 

school 

skillful q__ ^ 

eltee .- ^.• 


slander 
slightly 
slightest 
smart 
smelting 
soberly 
soldier 
solicit 
solicitation 
solicitor 
solid 

solicitude 
somebody 

source 
somehow 
something 

southern 
somewhere 
sometime 
somewhat 

special . (C\ 

specially 
specialist 
souvenir 
specification 
spasmodic 
specified 
speculation 
specialties 

spiral . 

squabble 




















































Crichton's Phono-Syllabic Method 


121 


•V 


squander 
splendid 
squarely 

squire _ cr-* 

split _. 

stagger 


summary 
summer , 
suicide 


star 

start . 

started 

starch 

standard .... 

statement 

standardized 

starve.. 

stated 
stationary 
statistics .. 
stamped 
statutes 






K 


A 


1 . 


_ 

superintendent <\ « « 

superiority . 

supersede 

h . 


tr fr - 


«r\ 


e 




steady 
steamboat 
stenographer 
stenography 
stencil 

sternly . 

stools 
stipulation 

stickle . 

store 
stored 

stiffen .. 

stimulate 
stimulant 

6tuff . 

stipulate 
strawberries 

storage . 

straight 
stretched 

straighten . 

straightforward 
strategy 
strips ... 
strictly 
strength 
submit 
structure 
student 
stylish 
submissive 

successful 
succession 
successor 

suddenly 
sufficient 
suffrage 


x r 


superstition 
supplement 
supervise 
supremacy 
surmount 
surprise 
suspension 
surprised 
suspend 
suspicion 
sweetest 
swindle 


synonymous 

stability ........V.I. symmetry 


h?.. 

-V?- 


systematize 


telegram 
telegraph 
temporary 

.. fonorita 


t- 


JU 


. 

t.w— 

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<^r . 

XJ £ 

.- 


2 
4 

=. l s9 . 


V- 

...L,... 


2 : 


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L, . 


tenants 
terminal 
terrible 
territory 
therein 
thereon 
tires 

title . 

township 

traffic 
transaction 
transferred 
translucent 

transport . 

transportation 

treated 
transposed ... 
treatment 
transit 
traveling ... 
tremendous 
trimmed 
tonnage ..... 
twisted 
trustworthy 
twisting ... 
tweezers 



Vl 


al - 7 


y*-' 

X 




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ultimately 

unavoidable 

(Inevitable) 


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4 .f 


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unauthorized ^ 

uncertainty . 

nnflflitnpd 


unclaimed 
unconscious ^ 
underwriters ...ex'.. 
undoubtedly 

unequalled v —<■ 

unfortunately 
unheard 
union 
unique 
universal 
unloading 
unquestionably 
unreasonable 

unreliable 
unsatisfactory 
unsurpassed 

untie . 

upholster 

V. 


CnJ 


x^T 





•~4 


r^. 


v /- c 


s ^ ^ 


vacate 

valid . 

walued 
valve 
variance 
various 
variety 
variation 
varnish 
vegetable 
vehicle 
ventilator 
Verbal 
vertical 
vestibule 
vicinity 
vibration 
village 

villain - _ , . 

Tlolet .^.4-- 



^violation . 

virtually . L/Q .Si.~. 

volume ^ f'' " ' '—- 

voluminous 
voluntary , 
voucher 


wagon 
wanting 
warehouse 
warranty 
waybills 
wedding 

weird 
western 
wheels C\. 
whereas 
wherein 
wholesale 
widow 
widower 
width 
wines 
window 
windlass .. 
winter 
withal 
withdrawal 
withdrew 

withheld 
within 
witness . 

wltnesseth 

women . 

wonderful 

workmanship 



workmanship ^ f so 

worthless ..-V,. 

worthy 

C..<41. 


worth 

wreath 

word 



















































